The Code AI Maturity Model and What It Means For You: Ado Kukic
Feb 13, 2024 · 7:58
Ado Kukic, Director of DevRel at Sourcegraph, presents the Code AI Maturity Model, a framework comparing AI coding assistant autonomy to SAE vehicle levels. He argues that 92% of developers now use Code AI tools, up from 1% a year ago, and predicts 99% of code will be written by AI in 5 years. The model defines six levels: Level 0 (manual coding), Level 1 (AI-generated snippets from developer intent), Level 2 (codebase-aware completions, e.g., suggesting Axios in a Node.js project), Level 3 (AI builds full features from high-level requirements, like adding authentication), Level 4 (AI proactively handles tasks, such as auto-fixing bugs via PRs), and Level 5 (AI handles the entire software lifecycle with minimal human oversight). The talk contextualizes each level with autonomous driving parallels, emphasizing that the industry is currently transitioning between Levels 1–3, with Level 5 representing full AI-led code generation.
