Rudrajit Choudhuri

AI adoption can either reduce or exacerbate community smells in software teams, depending on whether the work is specialized or coordinated.

Developers are more likely to trust AI with decision-making in high-demand tasks, but resist autonomy in work that defines their professional identity.

Developers want AI to handle the grunt work around coding, but hands off when it comes to the creative core – revealing that the true value of AI tooling may lie in knowing where *not* to help.