CodeCraft Dunedin September Survey Question Title * 1. Within the IT industry do you feel the current developments in ML/AI will directly benefit your work? Not at all Very little A useful tool Quite a lot Will use it all the time Question Title * 2. What type of ML/AI technologies have you used, either personally or with work LLMs for business support purposes LLMs for coding support LLMs for language translations Machine learning models for automation purposes Computer vision toolkits NLP toolkits Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. Would you consider using AI generated code that produced the'correct' answers for a suitable set of data without reviewing the code itself? Yes No Question Title * 4. Do you feel that AI generated code will be commonly deployed in production systems following a standard code review and testing process within in the next 5 years? Yes No Maybe - in suitable cases It already is happening We already do this Question Title * 5. Do you have any worries about using AI generated or suggested code in production systems? With good software development processes in place whats the problem? If managed liked a good outsourcing arrangement things should be fine? Lets just wait until the models and tooling is better What happens when a bug in AI generated code causes a system failure and nobody understands the code? If AI produces the code who is going to manage the AI over time? We struggle to development reliable systems now - how will producing 10 times to code 10 times quicker help? I won't be working in the industry so not my problem Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. How positively do you feel about how new AI technologies such as LLMs are being introduced? Pretty negative A little annoying Usual new technology cycle Somewhat interesting Very positive Question Title * 7. Within your friends and family circle how do you perceive the most commonly held attitude to recent AI developments being? Exaggerated hype - nothing much will change Afraid for the future - we aren't ready for this I don't pay attention to tech news at all What a huge waste of money - think of the planet Is this legal? Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. The use of LLMs in education is rising. Of the following statements which do you agree with? Primary school kids should have no need to generate content with an AI tool Content generated with an AI tool should be considered cheating at high school level Content generated with an AI tool should be considered cheating at university AI agent/chatbot safety should be taught at school What will be will be as schools do not have the ability to keep up with or police this type of technology Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Do you feel that the current conversation around AI, generative AI and AGI has been over-hyped? Yes No Question Title * 10. Many technological innovations tend to follow the Gartner hype cycle. Considering the Generative AI adoption since ChatGPT has gone mainstream where on the curve do you think we are currently? Still early, much more hype to come Around the peak of inflated expectations Heading into the trough of disillusionment Actually we have been travelling up the slope of enlightenment and AI is mainstream now Done