I've had two articles on AI pop into my feeds lately and thought y'all might enjoy them:
"Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity" "We conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find that when developers use AI tools, they take 19% longer than without—AI makes them slower. We view this result as a snapshot of early-2025 AI capabilities in one relevant setting; as these systems continue to rapidly evolve, we plan on continuing to use this methodology to help estimate AI acceleration from AI R&D automation" https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ "Why Understanding AI Doesn’t Necessarily Lead People to Embrace It" "SummarY: New research has uncovered a paradoxical relationship between AI literacy and receptivity: Individuals with lower AI literacy are more likely to embrace AI, despite perceiving it as less capable and more ethically concerning. This enthusiasm stems from a sense of “magic” associated with AI’s capabilities. Conversely, those with higher AI literacy, who understand the mechanics behind AI, tend to lose interest as the mystique fades..." https://hbr.org/2025/07/why-understanding-ai-doesnt-necessarily-lead-people-to-embrace-it -- It seems like the more you understand AI, the less likely you are to use it. On Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM Kurt Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting. Yeah - I did remember reading about you doing an AI talk at > SWFox. > > Have you, since that time - done much more in the way of using AI?? Or, > maybe you're using it even more? > > -K > > ________________________________________ > From: ProFox <[email protected]> on behalf of Christof Wollenhaupt > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 4, 2025 5:30 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Thoughts on AI > > [You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this > is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] > > I did a session on AI and FoxPro at the SWFox 2019 conference. I mentioned > how gaming has moved AI ahead, because AI uses the same hardware. I > specifically mentioned nVidia as the company that was leading that market. > Didn’t thought of buying shares at that time. > — > Christof [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/cacw6n4vodyfl3wpsbrdn7rmuh8h17ojqd6rznotpfyohv2e...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
