According to the 2024 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, nearly one in three developers reported that artificial intelligence (AI) was good at handling complex tasks in the development workflow. While only three percent of developers reported that AI was performing very well at handling complex tasks. In contrast, 12 percent of developers reported that AI was very poor at handling complex tasks.
Ability of artificial intelligence (AI) in handling complex tasks in the development workflow among developers worldwide as of 2024
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Very well at handling complex tasks
3.3%
Good, but not great at handlinng complex tasks
32.7%
Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks
20.8%
Bad at handling complex tasks
31.3%
Very poor at handling complex tasks
11.9%
• Very well at handling complex tasks 3.3%
• Good, but not great at handlinng complex tasks 32.7%
• Neither good or bad at handling complex tasks 20.8%
• Bad at handling complex tasks 31.3%
• Very poor at handling complex tasks 11.9%
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