How much value is AI creating?(www.ft.com)
6 pointsby 1vuio0pswjnm75 hours ago4 comments
  • dm_an hour ago
    The article is referencing this paper, btw: https://www.nber.org/papers/w35275.

    As I commented on the Ladybird thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410252), this is an empirical result that sort of tracks the intuition behind "sending a PR that compiles is no longer a sufficient stake to show real commitment."

  • uxhackeran hour ago
    I think this article echos a lot of what people have been saying here on HN, that there is a massive funnel of productivity.

    The article says that whilst the number of edits to individual files has increased by 300% actual releases have only increased by 30%.

    I even find this 30% seams higher than what I am seeing.

    I love the quote by the Japanese engineer Ohno that a broken machine or system makes a lot of noise. I think it sums up the current situation precisely.

  • uxhackeran hour ago
    A really interesting point in the article that even though the number of IOS apps Has increased by 80% the number of reviews has actually decreased.

    The number Apps with significant usage has gone down slightly.

    Is this suggesting less critical thinking?

    • dm_an hour ago
      I think those are unrelated dynamics. AI isn't causing people to use fewer apps. (Well, it might be, in a different way: you don't need the Yelp app if you can just ask ChatGPT where to get lunch.)

      It's rather the case that AI makes it easier to build and publish an app, but not substantially easier to make a popular app that people will actually use.

  • uxhackeran hour ago
    And archived https://archive.is/5nHAP