It’s not an estimate, the point was that AI produced code multiples faster than the prompter, and the prompter is in a pretty good position to make that claim. I can confirm and make the same claim, so I believe that it’s true that for some tasks, Claude makes me 10x faster than on my own without AI, where 10x absolutely is a completely made up number that’s still true in spirit.
> It’s not an estimate
Yes, it is. “It would take a team 6 months” is an estimate, and I don’t see how you can argue it’s not. Even if it just said it would take them longer, that would still be an estimate.
> Claude makes me 10x faster than on my own without AI
Also an estimate.
> where 10x absolutely is a completely made up number
And by your own admission, an estimate taken from the ass that you thus cannot be certain is true. Made up perception does not equal reality.
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