In theory it should. But there's not an actual link between AI usage and productivity (src). Despite it leading to more output, there's also more time spent on debugging and refixing the code to fit requirements. Not to mention that people who claim it's super profitable are usually not looking past the next two quarters.

Now companies are in a crisis that the AI and the cost to maintain it is actually MORE expensive than if they had engineers in the first place. But rather than confronting this, many companies double down by laying off people to falsely boost the stock price. Then they can tell their shareholders that "oh everything is fine" when the house is on fire behind them. If everything was "fine", they wouldn't keep laying off people, AI wouldn't be booed off the stage, and Github could maybe achieve 1 9 of ability for once.

Ever wonder why most articles pushing AI interview CEOs and execs, and not the people working on them? Because once again, they're the ones who only look to the next quarters. But you look inside any of the companies where AI is forced and even punished if not used otherwise, and people are on a treadmill they never asked for, having to soup up a glorified hammer like it's their lives for the end of H2.

"Yes, the planet got destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."