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32% of Senior Developers Say Half Their Shipped Code is AI-Generated


In July 791 professional coders were surveyed by Fastly about their use of AI coding tools, reports InfoWorld. The results? "About a third of senior developers (10+ years of experience) say over half their shipped code is AI-generated," Fastly writes, "nearly two and a half times the rate reporte...

In July 791 professional coders were surveyed by Fastly about their use of AI coding tools, reports InfoWorld. ""AI will bench test code and find errors much faster than a human, repairing them seamlessly. Fastly quotes one developer who said their AI tool "saves time by using boilerplate code, but it also needs manual fixes for inefficiencies, which keep productivity in check."

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