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It may or may not be merged. Nonetheless it's certainly a step forward into genAI adoption for our beloved OS.

I would really like to know what's going to happen: better code or just the appearance of it?

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[–] staircase@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Note that finding flaws is not, in general, the same mode as creating correct or well-made things. AI is plausibly good at the former, but this does not necessarily translate to the latter.