ND Ask HN: Why there are no actual studies that show AI is more productive?
40 points by make_it_sure 2 days ago | 86 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
Discussion on AI productivity lacks concrete studies.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal 73 HN snapshots · 20 evals
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Audit Trail 40 entries
2026-03-08 19:29 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 19:29 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 19:24 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 19:24 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 19:11 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.422 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 19:11 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 18:54 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 18:54 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Discussion on AI productivity lacks explicit human rights discussion
2026-03-08 18:54 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 18:44 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 18:44 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Productivity AI discussion
2026-03-08 18:44 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 16:40 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 16:40 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 16:35 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 16:35 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 16:21 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.422 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 16:21 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 15:58 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 15:58 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Discussion on AI productivity lacks explicit human rights discussion
2026-03-08 15:58 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 15:50 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 15:50 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Productivity AI discussion
2026-03-08 15:50 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 15:46 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 15:46 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Productivity AI discussion
2026-03-08 15:46 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-3.3-70b-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 10:57 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.422 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 10:57 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 10:53 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.600 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-08 10:53 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 10:52 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (0.00) - -
2026-03-08 10:52 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) 0.00
reasoning
Discussion on AI productivity lacks explicit human rights discussion
2026-03-08 10:52 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -
2026-03-08 10:51 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: 0.00 (Neutral) +0.04
reasoning
Productivity AI discussion
2026-03-08 09:53 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
2026-03-08 09:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.60 (Strong positive)
2026-03-08 09:48 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.42 (Moderate positive)
2026-03-08 09:48 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: 0.00 (Neutral)
reasoning
Discussion on AI productivity lacks explicit human rights discussion
2026-03-08 09:47 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: -0.04 (Neutral)
reasoning
Productivity AI discussion