Comment by simianwords
2 hours ago
Newer evidence from same group invalidates the outdated claim https://metr.org/blog/2026-05-11-ai-usage-survey/
2 hours ago
Newer evidence from same group invalidates the outdated claim https://metr.org/blog/2026-05-11-ai-usage-survey/
No it doesn't - that data is self-reported, and the 2025 study explicitly compares _against_ self-reported data.
Granted, I agree models have improved since then, but still.
> Importantly, survey results are not necessarily grounded in reality. There are reasons to be skeptical of people’s responses to counterfactual questions such as about AI’s effect on productivity — for instance, our study in early 2025 found that people overestimated AI’s effect on their time spent on tasks by 40 percentage points on average.
- your linked study