I keep happening across articles claiming that AI doesn’t actually increase productivity and I’m completely confused.
I used to debate with people about this, but it didn’t really change anything. Now, I just shrug and continue on with my work and, if someone asks, I help them use AI better.
My main worry now is when the AI bubble is going to burst, and what’s affordable now becomes unaffordable.
If you were already experienced and productive, it does very little for you beyond summaries, a little boilerplate, and possibly search help.
If you were unproductive, it allows you to be more "productive" while stalling or reversing your learning and growth.
Of course, person number 2's newfound "productivity" comes at the expense of leeching productivity away from the experienced and productive people by overloading them with reviewing and validating their non-deterministic generated spaghetti.
It amazes people who think pumping out code is the hard part of a project, when in fact that's the easiest part...
We've apparently collectively forgotten that lines of code is one of the worst metrics for measuring productivity.
> If you were already experienced and productive, it does very little for you beyond summaries, a little boilerplate, and possibly search help.
It sounds like you already have your mind made up about AI, but I disagree. The rest of your comment make assertions and assumptions to points I did not make, so I'll leave those alone and leave them for someone else to address.
I used to debate with people about this, but it didn’t really change anything. Now, I just shrug and continue on with my work and, if someone asks, I help them use AI better.
My main worry now is when the AI bubble is going to burst, and what’s affordable now becomes unaffordable.