Amazon tells engineers: more AI isn't always better work

Amazon updated its internal guidance on the 'Renaissance developer,' advising engineers to embrace AI tools while also recognizing when they don't actually help. The company warns against 'tokenmaxxing,' a term for overusing AI tokens as a proxy for productivity. The message: using more AI doesn't automatically mean you're doing better work. It's a reminder that efficiency and quality still depend on human judgment, even as AI becomes a standard part of the job.

Have you ever found that using AI for a task made it harder or less effective?

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