- Developers are less likely to trust
- Only 2.5% of experienced developers trust strongly
- AI is ideal for helping new developers learn to code
While developers get used to AI tools more in their workflows, it becomes more and more clear that they do not always trust their production, said new research.
The latest survey of Stack Overflow developers revealed that the adoption of the AI is up to 84% compared to 76% in 2024, which was also a huge leap in the number of developers who do not trust the results generated by AI, against 31% in 2024 to 46% in 2025.
On the other hand, only 3.1%trust the IA results – a more common feeling in beginners (6.1%) than among experienced developers (2.5%).
Developers are not sure of AI, always
Currently, up to 78.5% of developers use AI on an infrequent basis, as monthly, and this is coherent at all levels of experience according to the study.
Despite the lack of confidence, it is clear that the developers consider artificial intelligence as a useful starting point, with up to three out of five AI tools favorably compared to one in five who see it unfavorably (and another in five which are indifferent).
But that’s all that is for the moment – a starting point. Three -quarters have admitted that they would always ask a human when they do not trust the AI answers, 58% preferring to ask humans when they do not fully understand something and a similar number in search of human aid for ethical and safety problems.
“AI is a powerful tool, but it has significant risks of disinformation or can lack complexity or relevance,” said Stack Overflow Prashanth Chandrasekar CEO.
Although its use cases in the development cycle can be more limited, artificial intelligence is useful in other areas – 44% use it to learn to code (against 37% last year), and 36% use it for work or progress.
“By providing a layer of human intelligence of confidence in the AI era, we believe that today’s technology enthusiasts can play a more important role in adding value to build technologies and products of the AI of tomorrow,” added Chandrasekar.