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So where are all the AI apps?

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So where are all the AI apps? Fans of vibecoding and agentic tools say they are 2x as productive, 10x as productive – maybe 100x as productive! Someone built an entire web browser from scratch. Amazing! So, skeptics reasonably ask, where are all the apps? If AI users are becoming (let’s be conservative) merely 2x more productive, then where do we look to see 2x more software being produced? Such q...
The article presents a complex picture of the relationship between AI and software productivity. While there is no evidence of a widespread increase in productivity, there is a notable increase in the updating of packages related to AI, particularly the popular ones. This increase could be due to the increased skills and expertise in AI development or the increased funding and enthusiasm for AI projects. However, the article also notes that the classification of packages as "AI-related" is imper...