Novices performed better and reported lower workload with GitHub Copilot than with human partners, but human partners produced more positive emotions and a smaller drop in retest performance after one week.
Title resolution pending
3 Pith papers cite this work. Polarity classification is still indexing.
years
2026 3representative citing papers
Developers mostly accept AI-produced work under approval; accountability blocks AI action, while identity blocks AI decision-making and demand encourages it.
Novice programmers completed more tasks with lower workload using GitHub Copilot versus a human partner, but reported significantly more positive and arousing emotions with the human teammate.
citing papers explorer
-
Fast and Forgettable: A Controlled Study of Novices' Performance, Learning, Workload, and Emotion in AI-Assisted and Human Pair Programming Paradigms
Novices performed better and reported lower workload with GitHub Copilot than with human partners, but human partners produced more positive emotions and a smaller drop in retest performance after one week.
-
You Shall Not Pass! Where and Why Developers Draw The Line on AI Autonomy
Developers mostly accept AI-produced work under approval; accountability blocks AI action, while identity blocks AI decision-making and demand encourages it.
-
OGER: A Robust Offline-Guided Exploration Reward for Hybrid Reinforcement Learning
Novice programmers completed more tasks with lower workload using GitHub Copilot versus a human partner, but reported significantly more positive and arousing emotions with the human teammate.