Comment by olalonde

> You’re going to have to define productivity as it applies to software engineering.

I meant it in a colloquial way. I just get more done, faster.

> And now you’re missing any kind of traceability for the information

Modern LLM assistants provide sources and references. While it can sometimes be just "slightly faster", it can genuinely save hours of research on complex ones. Also the "slightly faster" can add up to hours saved with frequent use.