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Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

A study examining the effect of early 2025 AI tools on experienced open-source developers' productivity.

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Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

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The paper reports a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how AI tools at the February-June 2025 frontier affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers. The study found that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%.

The authors collected and evaluated evidence for various properties of their setting to understand this result.

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The paper reports a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how AI tools at the February-June 2025 frontier affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers. The study found that allowing AI actually increases completion time by 19%. The authors collected and evaluated evidence for various properties of their setting to understand this result.

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