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How Software Engineers Actually Use AI

March 31, 2025

  • AI
  • AI Native Dev
  • LLMs
  • software engineering
A colorful ASCII-art-style robot with a smiling face, outstretched arms, and the text "01♥" on its chest. "AI" appears on the left and its mirror "IA" on the right, all set against a black background with a semicircular arc.

We surveyed 730 coders and developers about how (and how often) they use AI chatbots on the job. The results amazed and disturbed us.

Source: How Software Engineers Actually Use AI | WIRED

How are developers really using AI, and what do they think about it? WIRED asked a bunch of them, across levels of experience and different kinds of employers.

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