Selected developer quotes:
“I’m torn. I’d like to help provide updated data on this question but also I really like using AI!” — a developer from the original study early-2025 when asked to participate in the late-2025 study.
“I found I am actually heavily biased sampling the issues … I avoid issues like AI can finish things in just 2 hours, but I have to spend 20 hours. I will feel so painful if the task is decided as AI-disallowed.” — a developer from the new study noting selection effects when choosing what tasks to include in the study.
“my head’s going to explode if I try to do too much the old fashioned way because it’s like trying to get across the city walking when all of a sudden I was more used to taking an Uber.” — a developer from the new study noting selection effects when choosing what tasks to include in the study.
Well, i agree, but AI isn’t equal to an IDE. AI is dangerous, it will give credible results that look purposeful, but not necessarily meaningful. It’s a reviewers and thus a maintainers nightmare.
Also, as others have said, the very real risk of skill atrophy and real imposters who can build something but cannot understand how it works.
And just at a major environmental cost.