I've had two articles on AI pop into my feeds lately and thought y'all might enjoy them:
"Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity" "We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower. We view this result as a snapshot of early-2025 AI capabilities in one relevant setting; as these systems continue to rapidly evolve, we plan on continuing to use this methodology to help estimate AI acceleration from AI R&D automation"
https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/
"Why Understanding AI Doesn’t Necessarily Lead People to Embrace It"
"SummarY: New research has uncovered a paradoxical relationship between AI literacy and receptivity: Individuals with lower AI literacy are more likely to embrace AI, despite perceiving it as less capable and more ethically concerning. This enthusiasm stems from a sense of “magic” associated with AI’s capabilities. Conversely, those with higher AI literacy, who understand the mechanics behind AI, tend to lose interest as the mystique fades..."
https://hbr.org/2025/07/why-understanding-ai-doesnt-necessarily-lead-people-... -- It seems like the more you understand AI, the less likely you are to use it.
On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM Kurt Wendt kwendt@pakoinc.com wrote:
Interesting. Yeah - I did remember reading about you doing an AI talk at SWFox.
Have you, since that time - done much more in the way of using AI?? Or, maybe you're using it even more?
-K
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I did a session on AI and FoxPro at the SWFox 2019 conference. I mentioned how gaming has moved AI ahead, because AI uses the same hardware. I specifically mentioned nVidia as the company that was leading that market. Didn’t thought of buying shares at that time. — Christof
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