METR: "We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't."

https://bsky.app/profile/metr.org/post/3ltn3t3amms2x

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A research study on using AI coding assistants has shown that while developers believed they got a 20% productivity gain from using the tools, measurement showed a 19% decrease in productivity.

METR recruited 16 open-source devs to complete 246 real coding tasks, randomly assigning each to “AI Allowed” or “AI Disallowed.”

Devs estimated time saved with AI before & after each task, while screen recording to measured real-world AI productivity gains.

https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown

The ICE attack on Ventura Farms has killed a farm worker of Latino ethnicity.

The Israeli colonizer settler attack in the West Bank has killed an American citizen of Palestinian ethnicity.

And MAGAs won’t bother to condemn either murder, let alone demand accountability, because the victims don’t have the complexion for protection, and MAGA is proudly about advancing white supremacy.

LIVE: UN says Israeli forces killed hundreds seeking aid in Gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/12/live-un-says-israeli-forces-killed-hundreds-seeking-aid-in-gaza?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Today is 30 days that the US military has occupied Los Angeles.

The fiscal hawks never for a moment think of the absurd amount of money being spent to terrorize civilians, children, harass families—all to satisfy the ego of an aspiring fascist. This is not freedom. This is tyranny. And unsurprisingly the NRA is nowhere to be found because they were never actually about anti-tyranny, they were always about pro white supremacy.