Minor shifts in productivity are hard to measure. Major jumps in productivity would be obvious. I think it’s clear that, if AI is affecting productivity, it’s to a minor degree at best.
Maybe. It also lets people build things that never would have existed before. My hobby is competitive pinball. There are multiple new stat and tournament tracking apps that have been vibe coded by people who never would have written code by hand.
If it was genuinely worth building before, you would have. Having some kind of cost involved is a force of nature that invokes one to decide whether it is worth doing it or not.
Moreover these activities only serve to enhance the wealth and interests of the few. Congrats. Don’t forget to look in the mirror.
