Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new code is created by AI

Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by ks2048 on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @10:23PM (#41991374)

I agree. It seems like counting lines of generated code is like counting bytes/instructions of compiled code - who cares? If “code” becomes prompts, then AI should lead to much smaller code than before.

I’m aware that the difference is that AI-generated code can be read and modified by humans. But that quantity is bad because humans have to understand it to read or modify it.

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Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by TZubiri on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @11:17PM (#41991663)

What's that line about accounting for lines of code on the wrong side of the balance sheet?

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Re:Google CEO says more than a quarter of the company's new ... by latexr on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @06:25AM (#41993450)

> If “code” becomes prompts, then AI should lead to much smaller code than before.

What’s the point of shorter code if you can’t trust it to do what it’s supposed to?

I’ll take 20 lines of code that do what they should consistently over 1 line that may or may not do the task depending on the direction of the wind.

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