Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right’ AI code (venturebeat.com)
from limer@lemmy.ml to programming@programming.dev on 25 Aug 13:02
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iconic_admin@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 14:03 next collapse

‘Almost right’. I prefer the term: confidently incorrect.

xoggy@programming.dev on 25 Aug 14:15 next collapse

I prefer the term slot machine coding because you keep thinking you almost have a jackpot but there’s one lemon in there so you get that rush to keep pulling the lever and expecting different results.

bassomitron@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 14:20 next collapse

That’s a great way of putting it and definitely something I was guilty of doing when this stuff first emerged and I was experimenting with it.

Nowadays, I only use our internal LLM to generate boilerplate or simple scripts that wouldn’t take me more than 5-10 minutes to write myself to save some tedium. I think that’s what most actual devs/admins do with it nowadays, if they interface with the tech at all.

[deleted] on 25 Aug 15:14 collapse

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bassomitron@lemmy.world on 25 Aug 17:37 collapse

Oh, 100%. I’m mostly a server admin these days, I don’t do much software dev stuff anymore. As such, it’s mostly powershell or python scripts. Using a dedicated IDE for fairly small scripts isn’t really needed .

xthexder@l.sw0.com on 25 Aug 23:54 collapse

This really puts into perspective why everyone seems to be so addicted to asking the AI bullshitter questions. Once again, the problem is gambling

vk6flab@lemmy.radio on 25 Aug 14:35 next collapse

It’s ironic that this comes from Stack Overflow where I’ve seen on more than one occasion the wrong answer selected as the solution whilst the right answer was ridiculed and voted down.

This was happening long before Assumed Intelligence was pretending to be the nail to every hammer.

_cnt0@sh.itjust.works on 25 Aug 14:40 next collapse

Invest in debugging and code review capabilities: With 45% of developers reporting increased debugging time for AI code, organizations need stronger code review processes. They need debugging tools specifically designed for AI-generated solutions.

Or, maybe, don’t use tools that generate garbage code.

badbytes@lemmy.world on 26 Aug 01:19 collapse

“2024 the report found that developers were not worried that AI would still their jobs.” Still? I think AI might take the articles author job first.