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

• AI tools don’t always boost productivity. A recent study from Model Evaluation and Threat Research found that when 16 software developers were asked to perform tasks using AI tools, the they took longer than when they weren’t using the technology, despite their expectations AI would boost productivity. The research challenges the dominant narrative of AI driving a workplace efficiency boost.

It’s like a new telling of the “Tortoise and the Hare”: A group of experienced software...