I can see AI being a problem and a solution in this case. My view is that most "corporate" coding is not developer bound but PM bound. So, AI doesn't really accelerate development that much. However, in something like the Linux kernel we have lots of people working on lots of little things all over the place and I can see AI allowing a lot more code to be written.
Of course, the downside is that the maintainers have to wade through all the code and not all of it is going to be great stuff. In fact, the easier it is to generate the code the worse the quality will be, I think. So, just like everything else, this is a double edged sword.
Of course, the downside is that the maintainers have to wade through all the code and not all of it is going to be great stuff. In fact, the easier it is to generate the code the worse the quality will be, I think. So, just like everything else, this is a double edged sword.