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.
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Among novice programmers using AI code generators, trust did not predict compliance with suggestions, while performance correlated with both compliance and increased subsequent trust.
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.
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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.
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Relationships Between Trust, Compliance, and Performance for Novice Programmers Using AI Code Generation
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