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AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower (pivot-to-ai.com)
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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 41 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Megacorp LLM death spiral:

  1. Megacorp managers at all levels introduce new LLM usage policies.
  2. Productivity goes down (see study linked in post)
  3. Managers make the excuse that this is due to a transitional period in LLM policies.
  4. Policies become mandates. Beatings begin and/or intensify.
  5. Repeat from 1.
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I've been through the hellscape where managers used missed metrics as evidence for why we didn't need increased headcount on an internal IT helpdesk.

That sort of fuckery is common when management gets the idea in their head that they can save money on people somehow without sacrificing output/quality.

I'm pretty certain they were trying to find an excuse to outsource us, as this was long before the LLM bubble we're in now.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 12 points 17 hours ago

oh, absolutely. I mean you could sub out "LLM" with any bullshit that management can easily spring on their understaff. Agile, standups, return to office, the list goes on. Management can get fucked

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 16 hours ago

I wish I could make more people both know about, and understand, Goodhart’s law