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by rishabhaiover 43 days ago
I don't think so. I think this is a common narrative in Hackernews when layoff news are shared. All the people I talk to in the industry positively confirm a boost in productivity. Its contribution to actual revenue could lag but it is present and confirmed by many.
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It has boosted my productivity in my side projects but its nothing I can monetize. Maybe companies have the same problem.
Which public companies that do NOT sell AI have posted that AI has boosted their revenue?
I feel new startups, features and more services coming online would be a good measurement of this amazing productivity boost we're seeing.

Have you noticed a major improvement in every service you pay for ? Like many new features and incredible improvements in user experience and reliability? Because I’ve not really noticed that. Actually, things seem to be offline more than they used to, namely GitHub.

I am definitely more productive at generating lines of code though which definitely gives me the illusion things are mOvInG rEaLly FaSt.