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I said it in a confusing way, but I do believe it increases productivity, at least for me.

But it's hazy and hard to measure. I am very rarely stuck on hard problems like I was 3+ years ago. But I lose time in other ways. I've never measured it so it's really just a feeling.

I am also skeptical of a company selling something to sponsor or put out a report directly related to what they're selling.

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If I add in all the time I spend reading about AI now, or wading through AI slop while researching something, any productivity gains I may see from actually using AI effectively are more than cancelled out.

Interestingly, AI tooling existing in its current form may be making people collectively less productive, even if individually it might make one somewhat more productive at very specific tasks.

> I am very rarely stuck on hard problems like I was 3+ years ago.

I am stuck on easy problems. Either bugs that are obvious afterwards or cooperation problems. Almost never hard problems.

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