DoorDash CEO's Reality Check: How Far is AI Coding from Boosting Productivity?

Here are some stats worth paying attention to. According to a Q2 2024 report from a developer survey platform, 78% of respondents said their coding speed improved by over 30% after using GitHub Copilot, with some claiming a 50% boost. But DoorDash CEO Tony Xu straight-up said in a Business Insider interview that current AI programming plays a tiny role in complete engineering systems and isn't enough to significantly boost engineer productivity. These two sets of data seem contradictory but actually point to the same issue—the real-world impact of AI programming has been severely overestimated.