Ai For Coders: An Analysis of The Usage of Chatgpt and Github Copilot

This study aims to investigate the usage of ChatGPT as an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search tool and GitHub CoPilot as an AI development tool among IT developers and non-professionals. The study utilizes data collected from the recently published Stack Overflow Annual Developer Survey. We investigate the popularity of each of these tools and the extent that these tools are used in conjunction with each other, how their use varies among various categories of programmers, and whether their use varies based on the programming language employed.