The chapter delves into the challenges and strategies for driving adoption of AI tools among developers. Guests from Jumio, Airbnb, and GitHub share insights on the mixed experiences with Gen AI adoption, highlighting the importance of identifying champions, setting policies, and leadership support. The chapter also focuses on Airbnb's successful implementation of AI tools like Copilot, achieving a high adoption rate with strategies such as broad outreach and direct engagement.
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In this week's episode, Abi is joined by industry leaders Idan Gazit from GitHub, Anna Sulkina from Airbnb, and Alix Melchy from Jumio. Together, they discuss the impact of GenAI tools on developer productivity, exploring challenges in measurement and enhancement. They delve into AI's evolving role in engineering, from overcoming friction points to exploring real-world applications and the future of technology. Gain insights into how AI-driven chat assistants are reshaping workflows and the vision for coding.
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- (2:58) Challenges of Measuring AI Productivity
- (6:02) Use cases for GenAI within the Airbnb developer organization
- (10:26) GitHub’s process for developing and testing new GenAI tools for developers
- (12:42) Driving GenAI adoption strategies at Airbnb
- (14:20) Research impact and productivity gains with GenAI tools at Airbnb
- (17:03) Copilot use cases surveyed among Jumio's developers
- (18:46) Challenges measuring impact of AI products at GitHub
- (21:33) Biggest gains of GenAI usage at Airbnb
- (24:19) Future opportunities in GenAI
- (30:31) Challenges in GenAI for developers