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R0007/2026-03-19/C005/H2

Research R0007 — AI Made Everyone Faster
Run 2026-03-19
Claim C005
Hypothesis H2

Statement

Details differ from claim

Status

Current: Eliminated

Supporting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E01 Primary evidence from research

Contradicting Evidence

Evidence Summary
SRC01-E01 Evidence supports alternative hypothesis

Reasoning

Confirmed. Schulmeyer published "The Net Negative Producing Programmer" in American Programmer in 1992. He described NNPPs as programmers who "insert enough spoilage to exceed the value of their production." In a team of ten, he estimated up to three may qualify, and on high-defect projects (30-60 defects per KLOC), up to half may be NNPPs.

Relationship to Other Hypotheses

See assessment.md for full reasoning.