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Re:WASM to PS Compiler by wolfgang42 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:26PM (#27726821)
Copilot regurgitating Quake code, including sweary comments (1 day ago, 626 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27710287

The code in question, with the “remarkably blunt comments” 'edgeform refers to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root#Overv...

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Re:WASM to PS Compiler by pmarreck on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:40PM (#27726862)
Ha, that's amazing.

To be fair (if this is even a defense), that algorithm is famous, as is its source, so "leading" the AI in that direction just got it to keep going in that direction.

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