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AI Giveth and Taketh Away

I've seen oodles of statistics on AI this year, but one about productivity stands out.
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AI Giveth and Taketh Away
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In the past year, the number of research studies and polls on AI has exploded. It seems like new research drops every day. Just ask Google Trends.

Google Trends Search for β€œAI Research” | Saturday, November 29, 2025

Hands down, though, my favorite stat comes from Model Evaluation & Threat Research:

...developers who used AI thought it had sped them up by 20%. But programmers who used AI took 19% longer, on average, than programmers who didn’t.

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