METR always says what BigAI wants to hear. They are not independent in any way.

In 2025, METR published a study that found AI slowing down developers by 19%... https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-o...

jimbokun 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you saying the data in the charts in the article is fake?

gensym 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

One charts in the report is literally labeled "Fake Data".

atemerev 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No. Conclusions are.

	▲	enraged_camel 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Well? Why are they fake? Don't leave us hanging!

matusp 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The data can be true, but what does it mean practically that something called AECI is growing faster then before for a few months?

amelius 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Does BigAI want to hear that AI can maybe make sufficiently capable AI fit inside a consumer GPU?

	▲	12dk-as 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, it is the local model narrative that BigAI likes because it will not happen but people are deluded into thinking that there is no danger of an oligarchy. Mathematicians for example have used it as cope for their current reliance on unsavory corporations, telling themselves "just one more year, and I can solve a millennium problem on my Asus Strix".