AI coding agent adoption in OSS projects raises code complexity modestly but produces no causal reduction in newcomer participation per DiD estimates on matched GitHub projects.
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Decoupling Code Complexity from Newcomer Participation: A Causal Study of AI Coding Agent Adoption in OSS
AI coding agent adoption in OSS projects raises code complexity modestly but produces no causal reduction in newcomer participation per DiD estimates on matched GitHub projects.