The structural dynamic in AI coding tools is not skepticism versus enthusiasm — it is coerced adoption under distrust. When nearly half of all developers actively doubt the accuracy of tools they use every day, the adoption figure loses its meaning as a market health signal. The Stack Overflow 2025 survey data places only 3% of developers in the "high trust" category, a figure that drops further among experienced engineers. Positive sentiment toward AI tools collapsed from over 70% in 2023–2024 to 60% in 2025 — a drop that happened…