FunTester
Jul 15, 2025 · Artificial Intelligence
Do AI Code Generators Really Speed Up Development? RCT Shows 19% Slowdown
A randomized controlled trial with 16 veteran developers working on 246 real open-source issues found that using generative AI tools such as Cursor Pro with Claude actually increased average task time by 19 %, contrary to participants’ expectations of a 24 % efficiency gain, highlighting limitations of AI in complex, multi-module development contexts.
AI code generationRCTdevelopment efficiency
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