

However, we caution against over- or inappropriate uses. Similar to how spreadsheets allowed accountants to stop using adding machines to recalculate complex spreadsheets by hand, the next generation of AI will take on chores to relieve technology workers, including developers, by replacing tedious tasks that require knowledge (but not wisdom).

Several blips in this edition of the Radar touch on practical uses for AI for projects beyond suggesting code that requires tweaking: AI-aided test-first development, using AI to help build analysis models, and many more. However, over the last few months, tools like ChatGPT have completely reoriented everyone to what’s possible and made the tools widely available. Artificial intelligence has been quietly bubbling away in specialized areas for decades, and tools like GitHub Copilot have been around (and gradually seeing adoption) for a few years.

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