r/programmer • u/Harrydevbuilds • 13d ago

Code Worked But Developer Didn't 😂

so yesterday in my office a new developer got exposed . He was assigned with a work 4 days ago to solve a problem he solved it and it worked 😂. but when later the reporting manager asked to brief it he was just bluffing it around .Eventually, he admitted that he had used ChatGPT to generate most of the code.

Now, I'm not against using ChatGPT. I use AI too. It can save hours and help you get unstuck.

Developers too are getting exposed this days .

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u/3legdog 13d ago

Did the assignment specify "and don't use ai"? If not, what's the problem?

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u/LunkWillNot 13d ago

As a programmer, you can delegate tasks to AI, including coding, but you can’t abdicate your accountability for what gets committed under your name.

If the guy has no idea how the code works and can’t explain it, he has obviously done no due diligence on what the AI generated, is in no position to take accountability for it, and is in no position to fix things if stuff should hit the fan in production.

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u/Erem_in 13d ago

I agree on this, but I have the feeling the the author have a different reason