7 papers
Creativity Reconsidered: Generative AI and the Problem of Intentional Agency
James S. Pearson, Matthew J. Dennis, Marc Cheong
Many theorists maintain that conscious intentional agency is a necessary condition of creativity. We argue that this requirement, which we call the Intentional Agency Condition (IA…
"An Endless Stream of AI Slop": How Developers Discuss the Burden of AI-Assisted Software Development
Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong, Christoph Treude
"AI slop", that is, low-quality AI-generated content, is increasingly affecting software development, from generated code and pull requests to documentation and bug reports. Howeve…
AI Slop and the Software Commons
Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong, Christoph Treude
In this article, we argue that AI slop in software is creating a tragedy of the commons. Individual productivity gains from AI-generated content externalize costs onto reviewer cap…
Operationalizing Ethics for AI Agents: How Developers Encode Values into Repository Context Files
Christoph Treude, Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong
As AI coding agents become embedded in software development workflows, developers are beginning to operationalize ethical principles by encoding behavioral rules into repository-le…
Forecasting Developer Environments with GenAI: A Research Perspective
Raula Gaikovina Kula, Christoph Treude, Xing Hu +28
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models are achieving remarkable performance in various tasks, including code generation, testing, code review, and program repair. The ab…
Building Bridges across Papua New Guinea's Digital Divide in Growing the ICT Industry
Marc Cheong, Sankwi Abuzo, Hideaki Hata +6
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an emerging tech society with an opportunity to overcome geographic and social boundaries, in order to engage with the global market. However, the current…