Is 30% of Microsoft's code AI-generated?
3 days ago
- #AI-generated code
- #Microsoft
- #software development
- Satya Nadella claimed 30% of Microsoft's code is AI-generated, sparking hype around tools like Copilot and Cursor.
- The author uses AI tools but questions the claim, as tweaking AI-generated code often makes it feel like their own work.
- Nadella's statement was less definitive in the actual interview, filled with qualifiers like 'maybe' and 'probably.'
- Tracking AI-generated code is unclear—there's no distinct signature, unlike written content with identifiable patterns.
- Senior developers treat AI suggestions as drafts, refining them thoroughly, while juniors' AI-generated code is caught in reviews.
- Previously, Stack Overflow snippets were hard to trace; similarly, AI-generated code lacks clear attribution without tracking mechanisms.
- The distinction between AI-generated and human-written code is blurrier than headlines suggest, making percentage-based metrics potentially meaningless.