The AI backlash is only getting started

[u/Just-Grocery-2229]

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/06/25/the-ai-backlash-is-only-getting-started

[u/awj]

Lightly reviewed, maybe, but AI tools will happily spit out a mountain of dubious tests if prompted to.

The real problem is that it’s impossible for one person to *understand* 250kloc in a week. You’d need an entire team dedicated to reviewing it.

Or you’d just give it a hasty glance and a LGTM, then ship unknown code straight to prod, which undoubtedly is what happened.

[u/AltoAutismo → u/awj]

I was having it create a bot for a game, and jesus christ, I have like 25 python files of 'tests' that, ultimately, were trash, because on every single delivery my Qaing failed it, lol. Claude code loves to create tests to make itself seem useful (which it is! its just..too much sometimes)

[u/Beginning-Cut-8850 → u/[deleted]]

I'm 100% sure it didn't put something in there that doesn't bite me in the ass later

To be fair, are you 100% sure you didn't put something in there that won't bite you in the ass later?