I wonder if it is even possible to get such measurements. With so many things affecting output, how can one establish a baseline or avoiding to compare apples to oranges?
the papers I've seen that tried just picked a group of developers at supposedly similar level and gave them tasks to do with or without being assisted by AI.
At the very least for programming the decline of improvement compared to difficulty of task and skill of programmer quickly got into "AI technically helps but time spent fudging with prompts is more than time saved".
However if your task is to write some SEO slop about your products for your company's webpage, or to make a bunch of business emails to customers, I can absolutely believe AI can double productivity there, there is nothing of value produced that requires skill, it's just a few bits of info filled with fluff around them
PunchyHamster|1 month ago
At the very least for programming the decline of improvement compared to difficulty of task and skill of programmer quickly got into "AI technically helps but time spent fudging with prompts is more than time saved".
However if your task is to write some SEO slop about your products for your company's webpage, or to make a bunch of business emails to customers, I can absolutely believe AI can double productivity there, there is nothing of value produced that requires skill, it's just a few bits of info filled with fluff around them