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The results of the 2024 Stack Overflow developer survey (survey.stackoverflow.co)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/programming

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[–] Mikina 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

76% of all respondents are using or are planning to use AI tools in their development process this year, an increase from last year (70%). Many more developers are currently using AI tools this year, too (62% vs. 44%).

What the fuck. That's horrifying. I also though that every sensible workplace bans the use of AI.

A friend was telling me about a discussion between CTO's at a conference, where they were talking about whether it's even worth it to hire junior developers anymore, since there's a high risk of them just being "AI-raised", without much (or any) experience of coding without AI. And, this survey result... I can see where they are coming from. The future of programming looks pretty bleak - our job will not be replaced. It will just get worse, with good developers being more of a rarity.

And the amount of people who use vim or neovim as their IDE is surprisingly high. Is it skewed by sysadmins?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What the fuck. That’s horrifying. I also though that every sensible workplace bans the use of AI.

I don't see it as being different than any other tool. Aside from the ethical discussions, and assuming that it is being used as if it were simply a tool, if it increases productivity, then what's the issue?