No
if it takes three tries to get it to do the work properly then there is no productivity gain
ehnto on Hacker News
15% of my job that has been boosted by AI
In the thread “Has the cost of building software dropped 90%?”, replying to this comment
Helped: Simple code with easy requirements where volume is high.
Got in the way: Complex code requiring correctness and prompt engineering overhead.
… There is a sweet spot in there where the requirements were easy to write out, and the code was simple enough but there is a lot to write, that it's nice to not have to write it myself. But even then I am finding that AI is often not successful, and if it takes three tries to get it to do the work properly then there is no productivity gain. Often enough time is lost to the failed attempts. …