ai developer productivity

Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longe

AI Coders vs Human 20% Slower in Software Engineering

AI-assisted refactors often take about 20% longer than manual ones, so teams see a net slowdown instead of the promised speed boost. This happens because hidden latency, debugging overhead, and context-switching erode the theoretical gains of generative models. Software Engineering in the Era of AI-Generated Code In a recent analysis,