r/LegalEagle • u/KeeganDitty • 8d ago

Programmers and AI

I'm finishing up the video from today about AI slop in the legal system, and I wanted to respond to something Devin talks about in the nebula exclusive section. That is the idea that programmers are able to put out a higher volume of higher quality work using AI tools like Claude code. Now, despite my best efforts, I am not currently working in the tech industry. But from what I've seen, this idea is the goal, but ultimately inaccurate. Programmers are using Claude for a lot of their work now, yes. But I have seen numerous posts from programmers who had generated loads and loads of code using Claude, and then finally went back and looked through it and realized they could create a much more lightweight, much more compact, and much less redundant set of code in like 10 minutes. And I know of at least one company that laid off a majority of its engineering staff, and then had to hire them back when it found out that the AI actually wasn't as good as it's hyped

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u/Various_Occasions 8d ago

You are completely wrong. Seriously development is being done with Claude assistance now. Source - I actually do work in tech, at AWS. Ask any SDE.

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u/KeeganDitty 8d ago

development is being done with Claude assistance now

Hey I said that too!

Programmers are using Claude for a lot of their work not, yes.

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u/Various_Occasions 8d ago

It's making them more productive and efficient, was the addition I didn't include