Government coders using AI to each save 28 days a year and build more tech
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AI assistants are making government coders more productive - saving them almost 6 working weeks a year.
  • Coders and tech engineers have saved almost an hour a day by using AI assistants to help them write code and build new technology.
  • More than 1,000 tech experts used the assistant across 50 different government departments – driving productivity through the Plan for Change.
  • Follows the government pledging to save time on things that AI can do better and more quickly, in bid to find £45 billion efficiency savings from technology and AI across the public sector.
  • absquatulate@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    5 days ago

    …except they haven’t, have they? They still have to work 40h a week ( not including OT ) under increasing pressure to deliver fast. Productivity may have increased, yes, but they haven’t saved shit.

    • lad@programming.devEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      That, and also productivity most likely increased only if measured in some bullshit KPIs like lines of code/minute