Why It's Harder: The Unique Hurdles For Non-Experts Using AI Coding Tools

AI coding tools could be a game-changer for non-expert end-users. Exploring the unique challenges that arise when applying LLMs to programming for people who don't have a background in code.

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Abstract and 1 Introduction

2. Prior conceptualisations of intelligent assistance for programmers

3. A brief overview of large language models for code generation

4. Commercial programming tools that use large language models

5. Reliability, safety, and security implications of code-generating AI models

6. Usability and design studies of AI-assisted programming

7. Experience reports and 7.1. Writing effective prompts is hard

7.2. The activity of programming shifts towards checking and unfamiliar debugging

7.3. These tools are useful for boilerplate and code reuse

8. The inadequacy of existing metaphors for AI-assisted programming

8.1. AI assistance as search

8.2. AI assistance as compilation

8.3. AI ...