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With the advances in machine learning, there is a growing interest in AI-enabled tools for autocompleting source code. GitHub Copilot, also referred to as the "AI Pair Programmer", has been trained on billions of lines of open source GitHub…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-28 Beiqi Zhang , Peng Liang , Xiyu Zhou , Aakash Ahmad , Muhammad Waseem

Generative AI (GenAI) has fundamentally changed how knowledge workers, such as software developers, solve tasks and collaborate to build software products. Introducing innovative tools like ChatGPT and Copilot has created new opportunities…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Rasmus Ulfsnes , Nils Brede Moe , Viktoria Stray , Marianne Skarpen

[Context] AI assistants, like GitHub Copilot and Cursor, are transforming software engineering. While several studies highlight productivity improvements, their impact on maintainability requires further investigation. [Objective] This…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Markus Borg , Dave Hewett , Nadim Hagatulah , Noric Couderc , Emma Söderberg , Donald Graham , Uttam Kini , Dave Farley

Measuring developer productivity is a topic that has attracted attention from both academic research and industrial practice. In the age of AI coding assistants, it has become even more important for both academia and industry to understand…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Valerie Chen , Jasmyn He , Behnjamin Williams , Jason Valentino , Ameet Talwalkar

This paper aims to explore fundamental questions in the era when AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot are widely adopted: what do developers truly value and criticize in AI coding assistants, and what does this reveal about their needs…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-19 Yunbo Lyu , Zhou Yang , Jieke Shi , Jianming Chang , Yue Liu , David Lo

The evolution of LLM has resulted in coding-focused models that are able to produce code snippets with high accuracy. More and more AI coding assistant tools are now available, leading to greater integration of AI coding assistants into…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Neha Rani , Jeevan Ram Munnangi , Austin Matthew Spangler , Donald Honeycutt

The study analyzes the introduction of Microsoft 365 Copilot in a non-university research organization using a repeated cross-sectional employee survey. We assess usefulness, ease of use, output quality and reliability, and usefulness for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Carsten F. Schmidt , Sophie Petzolt , Wolfgang Beinhauer , Ingo Weber , Stefan Langer

Motivation. Trust in generative AI programming assistants is a vital attitude that impacts how programmers use those programming assistants. Programmers that are over-trusting may be too reliant on their tools, leading to incorrect or…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Anshul Shah , Thomas Rexin , Elena Tomson , Leo Porter , William G. Griswold , Adalbert Gerald Soosai Raj

AI-based code assistants are promising tools that can facilitate and speed up code development. They exploit machine learning algorithms and natural language processing to interact with developers, suggesting code snippets (e.g., method…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Vincenzo Corso , Leonardo Mariani , Daniela Micucci , Oliviero Riganelli

Generative AI (genAI) tools, such as ChatGPT or Copilot, are advertised to improve developer productivity and are being integrated into software development. However, misaligned trust, skepticism, and usability concerns can impede the…

With the recent advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), AI-based code generation tools become a practical solution for software development. GitHub Copilot, the AI pair programmer, utilizes machine…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Xiyu Zhou , Peng Liang , Beiqi Zhang , Zengyang Li , Aakash Ahmad , Mojtaba Shahin , Muhammad Waseem

Powered by recent advances in code-generating models, AI assistants like Github Copilot promise to change the face of programming forever. But what is this new face of programming? We present the first grounded theory analysis of how…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-11-01 Shraddha Barke , Michael B. James , Nadia Polikarpova

With the advances in machine learning, there is a growing interest in AI-enabled tools for autocompleting source code. GitHub Copilot has been trained on billions of lines of open source GitHub code, and is one of such tools that has been…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Beiqi Zhang , Peng Liang , Xiyu Zhou , Aakash Ahmad , Muhammad Waseem

Code-generating Artificial Intelligence has gained popularity within both professional and educational programming settings over the past several years. While research and pedagogy are beginning to cope with this change, computing students…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Nicholas Gardella , James Prather , Juho Leinonen , Paul Denny , Raymond Pettit , Sara L. Riggs

The rapid advancements in Generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, are transforming software engineering by automating code generation tasks. While these tools improve developer productivity, they also present…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Alyssia Chen , Timothy Huo , Yunhee Nam , Dan Port , Anthony Peruma

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is increasingly used for programming, yet it remains unclear when and where GenAI tools lead to productivity gains. Evidence on the effects of GenAI on the long-term development of programming…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Sebastian Maier , Moritz Gunzenhäuser , Jonas Schweisthal , Manuel Schneider , Stefan Feuerriegel

The software engineering community recently has witnessed widespread deployment of AI programming assistants, such as GitHub Copilot. However, in practice, developers do not accept AI programming assistants' initial suggestions at a high…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Jenny T. Liang , Chenyang Yang , Brad A. Myers

AI-agents help developers in different coding tasks, such as developing new features, fixing bugs, and reviewing code. Developers can write a Github issue and assign it to an AI-agent like Copilot for implementation. Based on the issue and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Mohammed Sayagh

Recent advancements in large language models, including GPT-4 and its variants, and Generative AI-assisted coding tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Tabnine, have significantly transformed software development. This paper analyzes how…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Vijay Joshi , Iver Band