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."
are you sure this is more scientific than the endless flood of AI-generated press releases from AI companies claiming you can pay them $20/month to replace $200k/yr skilled professionals and every anyone will easily become *the* next zuckerberg? FOMO hype train automation as a service!
I can see how Ai for coding can be useful if you're learning and we assume Ai gives correct code. So you learn from it only when you need to instead of waiting for hours on social networks to get a reply. But we all know Ai outputs bullshit constantly and people always entirely rely on it to do shit and not just when there is specific need.
The "AI" tool users show a somewhat steady linear completion over time, whereas the "non-AI" users follow more of an s-curve (I think they're called sigmoids?).
the breakdown is really interesting. I mostly use it via ollama for code completions, so I don't have a prompting overhead. I ask the chat assistants only when I really don't know how to approach a problem at all.
Also, even if it could maybe speed up unexperienced developers, they will hardly become experienced developers if they rely on the AI and do not learn to solve problems by themselves.
I'm finally reading this paper but my first thought is anybody on earth good at predicting how long a task will take them....?
Setting aside the small person sample, randomizing the tasks within developer is....
AI can expand your capabilities if used properly, I know it for a fact, my scripts as a sysadmin got a whole lot more complex and better the day I started using chatGPT...
The dev of the popular Lossless Scaling app has been helping the lsfg-vk project that brings Lossless Scaling's Frame Generation to Linux to get it upgraded.
Want to get Battle.net on your Linux system like SteamOS and Steam Deck? Here's a guide giving you the options to play World of Warcraft and Starcraft.
Squirreled Away is a cute casual craft-and-thrive adventure that you can play solo or with friends, and now it should work great out of the box on Steam Deck.
The evolution from roads designed for cars, to streets designed for people. It’s never been about whether or not there’s “enough room” — It’s ALWAYS been about our priorities. Nice graphic via @bikeyface.bsky.social. #multimodal
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Yeah, been following GoL (mostly via RSS) since basically the beginning, there were other sites following Linux gaming, even back then, but GoL really has come a long way! gg
Hey! That was pretty cool, Liam! I want Dune Awakening, but, I also am worried about it at the same time. Funcom has a history of basically insulting their honest customers with excessive game policies that just results in them taking out a whole BFG to everyone involved in one person's trolling/griefing approaches. Even the innocent ones. Had this problem in Funcom's Conan, and haven't been back since.
Linux users can install Mozilla VPN client from Flathub. The open source app was previously only available to install on Ubuntu-based distributions via the Mozilla APT repo.
since mozilla vpn is based on mullvad (or at least uses their servers), I wonder what it would take to get mullvad's app working on flatpak. I've heard it is designed in such a way that doing so would be very difficult.
Need some more strategy games? The RTS Rush Humble Bundle has some pretty great picks. So here's what to expect on Linux platforms like SteamOS and Steam Deck.
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The "AI" tool users show a somewhat steady linear completion over time, whereas the "non-AI" users follow more of an s-curve (I think they're called sigmoids?).
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