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Is Agent Code Less Maintainable Than Human Code?
arXiv cs.CL — Computation and Language
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Researchers evaluate whether code generated by AI agents is less maintainable than human code when iterated on by subsequent agents.
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- Enterprise AI
- Publisher and source type
- arXiv cs.CL — Computation and Language · RESEARCH
- Published by source
- 30 September 2026
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- 1 Oct 2026, 03:01 UK
- Original headline
- Is Agent Code Less Maintainable Than Human Code? ↗
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arXiv:2606.21804v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Maintainability is a core dimension of software engineering, shaping how code is written, reviewed, and developed over time. While coding…
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