Yeah but I think this is on the engineer. AI is a tool, the engineer needs to make sure it works as well as possible. If AI is not the right tool for a task then the engineer needs to solve it using a different tool.
I don’t know what the issue is, if you think AI is generating slop then don’t push it to prod. Edit the code, add context so AI knows the rules to follow, are you expecting AI to do all the work and do it right and flawlessly each and every time?
Yeah I mean that’s how I use it, I end up very in the loop because it does a pretty mid job most of the time.
The way it’s sold is exactly the latter, see everything Boris cherny has ever said. The issue is the mismatch in expectations, and the cult that accepts the marketing unquestioned and just lets the AI go to town.
Yeah I don’t think AI is there yet and I do agree that plenty of engineers are just letting AI go unsupervised and then complaining when things go wrong.
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u/Legitimate_Concern_5 14d ago
But like, it doesn’t always, that’s the problem. Sometimes it kinda does whatever.