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So, not only AI assistant are making you 19% slower on non bullshit tasks, they also make you believe that you are 20% faster.

From what looks like a serious study (with a small set of 16 people, but the set-up seems good):
"Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity"

GenAI is a master bullshiter, the kind raising cults

we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower

This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.

metr.orgMeasuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Starbucks unveils OpenAI-powered AI assistant to streamline barista operations, while TikTok accelerates UK expansion amid US uncertainty; US agencies cut $263 million in wasteful spending, and AR glasses emerge as the next tech revolution.
#YonhapInfomax #Starbucks #OpenAI #TikTok #AIAssistant #ARGoggles #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

Yonhap Infomax · [Dealing Room Back Briefing]Starbucks to Introduce OpenAI-Driven Generative AI Assistant
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Understandable, reliable #cancer information is often hard to find. Our researchers develop the AIdvice assistant, funded by Google .org, that uses #AI and #LLMs to support patients with evidence-based answers: go.tum.de/411575

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📷 K. Czoppelt/TUM University Hospital

go.tum.deArtificial intelligence to support cancer treatmentTUM researchers receive funding from Google.org for the ‘AIdvice’ project. Medical expertise is to be translated into understandable answers.

Gemini seems 2 remember everything even without login (WOL).

Asked a question WOL which was contextually related to a topic I discussed extensively two days back WOL and it subtly referenced it; cleared cache few times over 2 days.

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