GDP Growth in Second Quarter Slows to 1.5%, No Evidence of AI Productivity Boom
2026-08-02 18:01 UTC
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@JustDory@lemmy.today 2026-08-02 19:13
“If we fire all the people, and replace them with AI, we will definitely increase both productivity and earnings” “Not tested in production? Well I’ve been testing it and sure it’s sure as hell been producing!” “Shit, I guess this isn’t working, let’s just hire them back” “…what do you mean they don’t want to come back?”
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-08-03 09:20
here’s some nerd who calculates that GenAI gives a senior dev a 15% productivity increase, and a junior 25% bjorg.bjornroche.com/…/ai-productivity-gap/ HN correctly calls his numbers bullshit, especially because the time spend reviewing code is unchanged between pre- and post-AI: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49152222 Even if his numbers are correct, it essentially means that software companies are around 10% faster in delivering something, however that something might be even more bug-ridden and slow than before.
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@Soyweiser@awful.systems 2026-08-03 10:41
That so many sites now have you wait a few seconds before showing you the site cant be good for global productivity.
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@lurker@awful.systems 2026-08-03 19:06
But a guy who worked with Elon Musk said 100x productivity soon… anyways lmfaooo suck it ai bros