AI will likely lead to an increase in the quantity of patch submissions, together with a(n even further) drop in their quality.
For a taste of what is to come, this is already afflicting the Curl project: <https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/aiassisted_bug_reports_make_developers/>.
As Stenberg puts it, AI produces better crap.
"The better the crap, the longer time and the more energy we have to spend on the report until we close it," he wrote.
Rather than just splurging out code, maybe "mathematical proofs" are the better approach? "Can AI-Generated Proofs Bring Bug-Free Software One Step Closer?" -- source: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/24/01/06/238237 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZ Mobile +64 22 190 2375 https://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/