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AI software development: Productivity revolution or fraught with risk?

The Register · Tim Anderson · last updated

AI in software development has evolved rapidly since GitHub Copilot caught the world’s attention with its June 2021 preview – and shows no sign of slowing down.

At the same time, worries abound, and not only from developers whose jobs may or may not be under threat. Hallucinations, security issues, alleged copyright violations, bloated code, buggy code, and unrealistic promises are among the concerns.

Vendors would have us believe that AI is changing everything. “Developers are now AI team managers, not individual coders. With AI-assisted development, the role of the developer is shifting from hands-on keyboard work to orchestrating a team of intelligent agents,” said a typically over-enthusiastic email we received this week from a developer tools company.

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