WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Is AI replacing developers?, Stopping bots, AI on device & more

AI coding assistants are dangerously capable of writing dramatically unsafe code. Learn why your most critical new skill is treating AI like a trainee.

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How companies are adopting generative AI for various tasks

Companies are using generative AI for both technical and non-technical tasks, requiring education on effective prompting and awareness of token costs.

#2about 6 minutes

The benefits and challenges of running AI models locally

Running smaller language models on-device helps with data privacy and GDPR compliance, but they are not yet capable of complex reasoning tasks.

#3about 3 minutes

Addressing data privacy concerns and AI model hallucinations

European data privacy culture highlights the need to control AI training data and implement strategies like RAG to mitigate model hallucinations.

#4about 6 minutes

Designing user experiences for AI-powered applications

Integrating AI tools requires balancing responsiveness with accuracy checks and designing workflows that effectively keep a human in the loop.

#5about 7 minutes

How AI is changing the role of software developers

AI coding assistants shift the developer's role from writing code to reviewing and guiding, which poses challenges for the growth of junior developers.

#6about 8 minutes

Uncovering the security risks in AI-generated code

AI tools can produce code that appears elegant but is dangerously unsafe, often lacking basic security protections like SQL injection prevention.

#7about 4 minutes

Understanding why AI models generate insecure code

Models trained on average public code from sources like Stack Overflow often replicate common security flaws, requiring developers to explicitly prompt for security checks.

#8about 9 minutes

The business models and costs of AI developer tools

The AI tool market is fragmented with various subscription models, raising questions about sustainability, token costs, and the value of bespoke IDEs versus plugins.

#9about 2 minutes