“An Endless Stream of AI Slop”: How Developers Discuss the Burden of AI-Assisted Software Development

Sebastian Baltes; Marc Cheong; Christoph Treude

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Sebastian Baltes, Marc Cheong, Christoph Treude

IEEE Software, 2026

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@article{an-endless-stream-of-ai-2026,
  author  = {Sebastian Baltes and Marc Cheong and Christoph Treude},
  title   = {“An Endless Stream of {AI} Slop”: {H}ow Developers Discuss the Burden of {AI}-Assisted Software Development},
  journal = {IEEE Software},
  year    = {2026}
}