Reading the comments, wow AI is polarizing. Neither side will budge.
I guess only time will tell, to see if all the AI code will actually come crashing down.
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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Non AI code has been crashing down for decades, controlled chaos, continuous improvement. We have lots of tools to put metrics on that, and AI assisted code is fairly well crushing those metrics. It's not 100% self sufficient code creation Nirvana, but it might be fairly compared to the Cotton Gin in terms of making the field workers more productive in the delivery of market ready code/cotton.
but it might be fairly compared to the Cotton Gin in terms of making the field workers more productive in the delivery of market ready code/cotton.
Last i heard was that developers FELT like it made them more productive but actually not so much.
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We have lots of tools to put metrics on that, and AI assisted code is fairly well crushing those metrics.
You mean more lines of code?
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Well capitalism is based on unethical practices so what's the point of striving to be ethical!!!
Is what I'm reading
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good to see smart developers posting reasonable takes, though sad they have to spend time doing it
If it was about real AI – not stochastic parrots – I would be all for it. What happened to those developments that started in the 70s where you have automatic formal proofs that a piece of code does what it is supposed to do? That is intelligent. Producing slop more voluminous and convoluted than humans could produce or understand is not intelligent software architecture just like fixing a hole in a roof by throwing what sticks at it is not intelligent building architecture. Both may do the job for some time. But what are the long-term costs and who is capable to clean up? In my opinion, what's most desired is tools that are bug free, do what they should without annoying the user, and are radically simplified in their architecture. (For example, I would be happy with a perfectly working product that does what NFS or Samba aspire and fail to do for decades.) Apparently, AI can't deliver that. To have the billionth app that is a browser wrapper and shows me exactly one website is much more important.
modern AI can be used to generate formal lean proofs:
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People still seem to think AI is a fad that will go away. I don't see this happening (for code) at all. Not ever
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God. Motherfucking. Damnit. All. To. Hell.