"We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than withoutโAI makes them slower."
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ-2025 ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/
