As I'll be using Codsworth a lot (perhaps exclusively if the rest of the companions don't particularly interest me) I hope that they'll give him a decent amount of development.
It would be nigh the best thing ever if he went from being the kind, docile robotic butler to an A.I-controlled weapon of mass destruction!
Imagine: "Sir, I think it might be prudent if we REDUCED THESE SAVAGES TO SMOKING PILES OF ASH. And then perhaps a spot of tea afterward!".