“For high-complexity tasks, however, 21% of respondents report taking more time when using GenAI.”
Red Hat paid for a survey that leads with a 52% cut in coding time. Buried below it, maintainers estimate 25% of incoming pull requests are slop, and 31% on large projects. 32% of projects have no AI policy and no plans for one. Contributors bank the saved time and maintainers pay it back in review.