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Anthropic Quietly Showed Their Own Tool Drops Dev Skill 17%
DEV.to AIΒ·May 14, 2026
A study by Anthropic revealed that developers using AI coding assistants to learn a new library scored 17% lower on comprehension tests. This suggests that while productivity may not be affected, AI use can diminish a developer's ability to explain and debug their own code.
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