I've seen AI forget or ignore their own rules so not sure that really counts.
Well sure. But I've also seen juniors and even seniors do the same.
Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand
by ModernMech on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:58PM
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Building larger systems of accountability isn't usually what people mean by learning. And besides, if telling an LLM not to do something were actually reliable, then LLMs would be a lot more useful than they are. And even if that were reliable, then you're just reinventing expert systems, which didn't work.
I'm not sure the point of contention is whether or not an arbitrary language model is capable of understanding new concepts and not make the same mistake again, as it is being used.
When people compare LLMs to juniors it's "can I have it do something pretty brain numbing, and when it makes mistakes can I invest time into preventing that from happening again, either systemically or via training?"
IME this is true for LLMs, at least in how my team has been utilizing them. This doesn't make juniors worthless, as they can be useful for things that LLMs aren't good at.
Of course if you don't provide that feedback loop, no learning happens. I guess the same could be said of a junior, though.