I consider myself to be something of a cynic. That’s not to say I couldn’t be bamboozled in some circumstances.. . but I think it unlikely is this case, because I am simply OK with AI being a complete failure if indeed it is. I don’t have an irrational need for this to work. If anything I was very skeptical to start with and was pleasantly surprised to find it useful.

I’m not pushing Amway, I don’t own any crypto, and I’m bearish on the S&P right now due the market cap concentration at the top. And yet I swear that claude code is working for me quite well.

> Now, you did say "benefit", that's more broad, and you implied things like polish, I've seen others mention it just makes the work easier, that could be a win in itself (for the workers). Maybe it's about accessibility. Etc.

Yes exactly, and this is the (ambiguous) metric that I actually care about. I suspect this study will go down in history as useless and flawed, not to be overly harsh :)