Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity [pdf](metr.org)
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Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity [pdf]
https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf
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The results are hardly surprising. Using AI replaces a thing the developers are good at, programming, with a thing they're not good at, getting a digital idiot to program for them. Of course it takes longer.
TL;DR; they report that AI tools slow down task completion by 19%