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[2407.13900] Exploring the Evidence-Based Beliefs and Behaviors of LLM-Based Programming Assistants
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[Submitted on 18 Jul 2024]

Title:Exploring the Evidence-Based Beliefs and Behaviors of LLM-Based Programming Assistants

Authors:Chris Brown, Jason Cusati
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Abstract:Recent innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), primarily powered by large language models (LLMs), have transformed how programmers develop and maintain software -- leading to new frontiers in software engineering (SE). The advanced capabilities of LLM-based programming assistants to support software development tasks have led to a rise in the adoption of LLMs in SE. However, little is known about the evidenced-based practices, tools and processes verified by research findings, supported and adopted by AI programming assistants. To this end, our work conducts a preliminary evaluation exploring the beliefs and behaviors of LLM used to support software development tasks. We investigate 17 evidence-based claims posited by empirical SE research across five LLM-based programming assistants. Our findings show that LLM-based programming assistants have ambiguous beliefs regarding research claims, lack credible evidence to support responses, and are incapable of adopting practices demonstrated by empirical SE research to support development tasks. Based on our results, we provide implications for practitioners adopting LLM-based programming assistants in development contexts and shed light on future research directions to enhance the reliability and trustworthiness of LLMs -- aiming to increase awareness and adoption of evidence-based SE research findings in practice.
Subjects: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
Cite as: arXiv:2407.13900 [cs.SE]
  (or arXiv:2407.13900v1 [cs.SE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.13900

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From: Chris Brown [view email]
[v1] Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:06:39 UTC (63 KB)
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