> That said, our research significance is currently limited in that it does not directly measure what code was AI-authored -- it only charts the correlation bet

> That said, our research significance is currently limited in that it does not directly measure what code was AI-authored -- it only charts the correlation between code quality over the last 4 years and the proliferation of AI Assistants So, would a more accurate title for this be "New research shows code quality has declined over the last four years"? Did you do anything to control for other possible explanations, like the changing tech economy?