CMU Study: Doubling Token Spend Yields Only ~10% More Commits

A CMU and JetBrains paper finds that doubling token spend yields only about 10% more commits, arguing token usage measures how diligently engineers use AI rather than actual productivity.

2026-11-12 ~ 2026-11-12 · 2 related posts

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