AI Code Generation

Noun · AI & Machine Learning

Definitions

  1. The use of AI systems to produce source code, tests, configuration, or code transformations from prompts, examples, or surrounding context. AI code generation can speed up routine development tasks, though outputs still require review for correctness and maintainability.

    In plain English: Using AI to write or transform code.

    Example: "They adopted AI code generation for boilerplate handlers, but every change still went through normal review and test gates."

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