The Role of Generative AI in Software Student CollaborAItion

Collaboration is a crucial part of computing education. The increase Khan [28] has proposed an inspiring vision of how AI could in AI capabilities over the last couple of years is bound to profoundly help realize personalized individual tutors for every learner. Complementing affect all aspects of systems and software engineering, including this, an expert panel from 2020 [49] draws a scenario collaboration. In this position paper, we consider a scenario where where "AI supports orchestration of the multiple types of activities, AI agents would be able to take on any role in collaborative processes learning partners, and interaction patterns that can enrich a classroom". in computing education. We outline these roles, the activities We believe the possibilities are even broader, and to help and group dynamics that software development currently include, think about them, we propose a thought experiment that not only and discuss if and in what way AI could facilitate these roles and accommodates emerging practices and visions but also suggests activities. The goal of our work is to envision and critically examine new use cases in education that (to the best of our knowledge) have potential futures. We present scenarios suggesting how AI not yet been explored.