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METR Study Finds AI Coding Tools Slow Down Experienced Developers by 19%

A randomized controlled trial by METR involving 16 experienced developers found that AI coding tools like Cursor Pro actually increased task completion time by 19%, contrary to developers' expectations of 24% improvement. The study suggests AI tools may struggle with large, complex codebases and require significant time for prompting and waiting for responses.