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prash20026last Sunday at 9:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Supposedly 70% of software projects failed even before AI. So are AI projects better or worse than that?

Also like people have asked about the 70% failure rate, how do you define failure/success.

https://medium.com/@trienpont/why-do-over-70-of-software-pro...


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quintushoratiuslast Sunday at 1:45 PM

> Supposedly 70% of software projects failed even before AI.

Given the way LLMs are marketed, we should expect a vastly more favorable project success rate, not simply a close parity, and definitely not a decreased rate.

Even if we consider that the number of attempts will rise if development becomes faster, we're told to expect a greater number of projects should also succeed because they're easier. They're supposed to justify the higher costs.

It's reasonable to ask if that's the case.

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