Coders are refusing to work without AI — and that could come back to bite them
TechCrunch AI·3d ago·Commentary
TechCrunch reports that developers have become so attached to AI coding tools that METR struggled to repeat a no-AI control study.
Earlier research found developers felt more productive with AI, while measured task completion could be slower due to debugging, steering, and waiting.
The article warns that token usage and code volume are weak productivity proxies if AI-generated code creates more bugs, review work, and long-term maintenance costs.
