Hackers' Pub

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`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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Tim Zöller @javahippie@mainz.social

1/30/2026, 8:41:30 AM

Public

A study by Anthropic(!):

"We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery. On a quiz that covered concepts they’d used just a few minutes before, participants in the AI group scored 17% lower than those who coded by hand, or the equivalent of nearly two letter grades. Using AI sped up the task slightly, but this didn’t reach the threshold of statistical significance."

https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills?e45d281a_page=1&utm_cta=website-be-trending-cloud-marketing-dummies-ebk&mkt_tok=aw.ds

Large hand-shaped network diagram with abacus-like nodes and interconnected beads representing data processing

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

www.anthropic.com

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