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Research questionHow can software organizations adopt AI without imposing psychological and professional costs on engineers?AI adoption changes how software work is performed and can also affect accountability, professional identity, job satisfaction, workload, and certainty about the future. These consequences are difficult to capture through productivity outcomes alone.
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Latest papersRecent research connected to this question, newest first.The Psychological Costs of Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Software EngineeringThe evidence comes from a qualitative case study at a large software development services company, conducted one year after its AI adoption began. It draws on meetings and semi-structured interviews with 21 software professionals and describes experienced psychological costs and the practices they used to manage them.research paper · Sep 3, 2026
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