66  What skills do you think are necessary to effectively use generative AI for research software development tasks?

66.1 Nordics

66.1.1 Free-text responses

What skills do you think are necessary to effectively use generative AI for research software development tasks? (Nordics) [Main]
Response Category Frequency (n) Percentage (%)
Critical thinking, scepticism and output validation 14 14.7%
Foundational software engineering skills 13 13.7%
Prompt engineering and generative AI literacy 13 13.7%
Judgement on when and how to use AI 10 10.5%
Programming language and code comprehension 7 7.4%
Testing, QA and verification 6 6.3%
Code review, fact-checking and quality control 4 4.2%
DevOps, cloud, HPC and data engineering 4 4.2%
Domain and use-case understanding 4 4.2%
Software architecture and system design 4 4.2%
Continuous learning and research practice 3 3.2%
Problem decomposition, planning and algorithms 3 3.2%
Project and workflow management 3 3.2%
Security awareness and AI ethics 3 3.2%
Software documentation 3 3.2%
Communication and collaboration 1 1.1%

The raw-to-category allocation table for this question is in Appendix B.