A controlled trial of how early-2025 AI tools affected experienced open-source developers' productivity. The companion cites its finding that the tools slowed expert programmers by 19%, as a modest counterweight to reports of AI-led research. It appears in the discussion of superparental descent (P7), which the companion says is not yet demonstrated.
- Cited in
- the companion paper
- Used for
- P7
- Strand
- Frontier AI capabilities
Cite
@misc{becker2025measuring,
title = {Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity},
author = {Joel Becker and Nate Rush and Elizabeth Barnes and David Rein},
year = {2025},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09089},
}