Re:Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
by gruez on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:51PM
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>Sounds a lot like "self-driving" cars - "they are good enough 95%+ of the time, you’re not going to pay as much attention as you should".
That might be an issue for supervised "self-driving" cars (eg. tesla FSD), but not really applicable to self driving cars as a whole. Waymo seems to be doing just fine for instance.
Re:Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
by jonah on Friday March 27, 2026 @06:57PM
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Exactly why I put "self-driving" in quotes. Right now AI assisted coding might generally be at the equivalent of Level-2 or -3 self-driving. Getting to autonomous coding agents will be like the step change that is Level-4 or -5 driving.
Re:Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
by teatro on Saturday March 28, 2026 @02:36AM
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Aren’t Waymo‘s 5% covered by some people in the Philippines? [1] And aren’t they still failing occasionally? [2]
[1](https://www.techspot.com/news/111233-waymo-admits-autopilot-...) [2] (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-23/waymo-pro...)
Re:Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents
by gruez on Saturday March 28, 2026 @09:56AM
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>Aren’t Waymo‘s 5% covered by some people in the Philippines? [1]
If you look at waymo's prior blog posts, you'll realize that the people in Philippines aren't making split second decisions that was implied by "you’re not going to pay as much attention as you should".
https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response
>And aren’t they still failing occasionally? [2]
What's the failure rate of humans? For both AI drivers and coders, if they make less mistakes than humans, that's still a win.
Same thing happens here, you get complacent and miss critical failures or problems.
It's also similar in that it "take[s away] many of the fun parts". When I can focus on simply driving it can be engaging and enjoyable - no matter the road or traffic or whatever.