We have, as far as I can tell, no good tests of the productivity impact of the autonomous coding tools that appeared starting in December 20

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Ethan Mollick
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2026-05-26
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We have, as far as I can tell, no good tests of the productivity impact of the autonomous coding tools that appeared starting in December 2025. Every paper out there is from prior to the Claude Code/Codex revolution. A huge gap in our knowledge about what is happening in coding.

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We have, as far as I can tell, no good tests of the productivity impact of the autonomous coding tools that appeared starting in December 2025. Every paper out there is from prior to the Claude Code/Codex revolution. A huge gap in our knowledge about what is happening in coding.

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