Generative AI tools hold promise to increase human productivity. In the world of software development, GitHub Copilot was one of the first practical applications of the use of generative AI to support developer productivity. However, measuring software productivity is non-trivial. For example, developer productivity gains is more than just producing code faster. If these artifacts don’t meet quality standards or themselves bring cost efficiency challenges then there may not be much overall improvement. To truly understand the benefits and challenges of AI-powered copilots requires real-...
Sida Peng
Economist, Office of Chief Economist
Microsoft
Sida Peng is Sr. director of economics in the Office of Chief Economist at Microsoft. His research interests include econometrics, industrial organization, and artificial intelligence. Sida’s work has been published in journals and conferences, including Biometrika, Marketing Science, Journal of Health Economics, and AISTAT. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University in 2017. He has a M.S. in Statistics, B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Economics from University of Virginia in 2011.