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Increase the cost of generating code by a factor of X; increase the cost of understanding by a factor of Y. How much bigger must X be than Y for that to pay off?

Check that OP again: if a software engs spend on average 1 hr/day writing code, and assuming (optimistically!) that they only work 8 hr days, then a napkin sketch of your AI-assisted cost of coding is:

1 / X + 7 * Y

That means even if X = ∞ (and it doesnt, but even if!!), then Y cannot exceed ~1.14.

Hey CXO, you want that bet?

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