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Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by tomp on Friday December 06, 2024 @08:09AM (#42339465)
> with approximate knowledge of every API and style on the internet

Like economists, who have predicted 7 of the last 3 recessions, AI knows 17 out of 11 API calls!

Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by hbn on Friday December 06, 2024 @10:59AM (#42340948)
In my experience, if I'm looking how to do something pretty standard with an API I'm unfamiliar with, it's usually correct and faster than trying to trawl through bad, build-generated documentation that would rather explain every possible argument than show a basic example.

And in the case it's wrong, I will know pretty quickly and can fall back to the old methods.

Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by FeepingCreature on Saturday December 07, 2024 @06:43AM (#42349120)
A tool that gives me 17 out of 11 API calls from a vague textual description of my intent would be incredibly useful.
Re:The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding by x-complexity on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:25PM (#42362275)
> Like economists, who have predicted 7 of the last 3 recessions, AI knows 17 out of 11 API calls!

It's definitely been said before, but the fact that they're calling out these non-existent functions in the first place can tell library devs a lot about what new features could be there to take up the namespace.