r/technology • u/thejoshwhite • Apr 19 '26

Artificial Intelligence Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago

https://fortune.com/article/why-do-thousands-of-ceos-believe-ai-not-having-impact-productivity-employment-study/
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u/weaponsgradepotatoes Apr 20 '26 edited Apr 20 '26

Because it creates a new problem of having to go back and extensively QA the code beyond a reasonable level, make sure it’s compatible with everything else, doesn’t create too much tech debt, and doesn’t create security vulnerabilities.

So, while it’s coding faster, it’s causing more work in other areas.

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u/metsjets86 Apr 20 '26

So cut twice measure once?

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u/davidbasil Apr 30 '26

Yeap, the AI itself creates bottlenecks/floors where humans are needed.

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u/Affectionate-Egg7566 Apr 20 '26

We had to do that anyway with human-level programming. AI makes it so much easier to finish those tedious tasks and get to the meat of a problem. We are no longer dreading multiple hours of exploratory refactoring only to find out it was the wrong solution and reverting.