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Re:AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire eng... by csallen on Saturday May 24, 2025 @07:55PM (#44084525)
The article is literally titled, "AI can't even fix a simple bug," reinforces the claim that "the technology can’t understand a simple bug" multiple times, and willfully ignores all the good that it can do. Anyone who read this article without having experienced AI coding themselves would be grossly misled.

Sure, the article makes other good points, too.

But those points could be made without hyperbolic claims about what AI can and can't do, by everyone, not just this author

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Re:AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire eng... by ruraljuror on Saturday May 24, 2025 @08:30PM (#44084657)
You missed half of the title.
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Re:AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire eng... by csallen on Saturday May 24, 2025 @10:25PM (#44085089)
The other half of the title is not what I'm complaining about, and has no effect on the inaccuracy of the first half of the title, which is what I'm complaining about
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Re:AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire eng... by ruraljuror on Sunday May 25, 2025 @07:21AM (#44087048)
The other half of the title is significant; it puts the article into the context of criticizing business leaders for how they think about AI given its current capabilities, which is what you suggested.
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Re:AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire eng... by csallen on Sunday May 25, 2025 @10:25AM (#44088069)
Yes, but the author is inaccurate about its current capabilities
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