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The risks and rewards of generative AI in software development


Developers won’t see a transformation like this again in their careers. Instead of raging against the AI machine, they should ride the wave.

Large language models (LLMs) can also check existing code to ferret out typos, punctuation mistakes and other details that drive developers crazy. A recent IDC survey found that the top two most anticipated benefits of gen AI by a wide margin are software quality assurance and security testing. Gen AI could dent the market for low-end basic coding skills, but the bigger impact will be to move the entire profession up the value chain to do what LLMs don’t do very well at the moment: Innovate.

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