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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by lz400 on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:54AM (#42337772)
A very eager junior developer who is supremely confident, always says yes, does trivial work in seconds but makes very critical mistakes in the difficult stuff and when you thought he was learning and improving, he forgets everything and starts from square zero again.
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by jansan on Friday December 06, 2024 @04:45AM (#42338082)
That behavior sounds like AI to me.
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by ljouhet on Friday December 06, 2024 @05:15AM (#42338282)
"AI is like ....". "A very eager ...". "That sounds like AI to me.". Yup
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by noisy_boy on Friday December 06, 2024 @04:55AM (#42338135)
While capitulating at the slightest nudge and apologizing profusely.
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by singularity2001 on Friday December 06, 2024 @05:43AM (#42338468)
That can be customized away though, thank God / Sama
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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by smallerfish on Friday December 06, 2024 @07:20AM (#42339121)
> when you thought he was learning and improving, he forgets everything and starts from square zero again.

I'd say it's more like: every time you start a new conversation with him, it's like his first day on the job.

But also: within the span of one interaction with him, he advances from junior to senior engineer in your specific domain.

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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by loco5niner on Monday December 09, 2024 @01:24PM (#42368883)
> he advances from junior to senior engineer in your specific domain

Only if your expectation of senior engineers is that they often hallucinate and you'll constantly have to double-check their work

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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by hinkley on Friday December 06, 2024 @03:31PM (#42344062)
But at least you expect them to eventually get better. AI is more like a junior developer with anterograde amnesia.
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