Comment by JackC
3 days ago
(I read the post but not paper.)
Did you measure subjective fatigue as one way to explain the misperception that AI was faster? As a developer-turned-manager I like AI because it's easier when my brain is tired.
3 days ago
(I read the post but not paper.)
Did you measure subjective fatigue as one way to explain the misperception that AI was faster? As a developer-turned-manager I like AI because it's easier when my brain is tired.
We attempted to! We explore this more in the section Trading speed for ease (C.2.5) in the paper (https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf).
TLDR: mixed evidence that developers make it less effortful, from quantitative and qualitative reports. Unclear effect.