DevLobstersabout 10 hours ago
We are Changing our Developer Productivity Experiment Design
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METR is redesigning its developer productivity experiment after a second study produced unreliable data. The first study found AI tools caused a 20% slowdown. The second study faced selection bias as developers refused to work without AI. Lower pay of $50/hour and concurrent AI agent use further skewed results.
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