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Re:Meta's new LLM-based test generator is a sneak peek to th... by madeofpalk on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:47PM (#39488394)
> This is very much what I want the human to define and the code should fit within the guardrails set by the tests.

Most systems are pretty predictable. it("displays the user's name") isn't very novel, and is probably pretty easy for a LLM to generate.

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Re:Meta's new LLM-based test generator is a sneak peek to th... by ajmurmann on Saturday February 24, 2024 @12:07AM (#39489282)
Well, someone needs to define that the username should be shown in the first place
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Re:Meta's new LLM-based test generator is a sneak peek to th... by andreasmetsala on Saturday February 24, 2024 @05:01AM (#39490449)
> it("displays the user's name") isn't very novel, and is probably pretty easy for a LLM to generate.

Arguably the implementation that passes such a test is even simpler, making it a bit questionable why we have the human write that part.

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