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Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by bulbar on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @01:55AM (#48189739)
> giving Claude to a bad programmer gives bad results.

On average, the output is still better than what a bad programmer would produce.

Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by AdamN on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @05:39AM (#48191230)
Maybe. A bad programmer is unlikely to get something even working so in that world nobody will depend on it because they can't even use it. A bad AI programmer (or non-programmer) can get the thing working so people will depend on it - the blast radius is now higher.
Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by sesm on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @06:00AM (#48191357)
No, it's much worse. It will take much more time to review and notice that it doesn't actually solve the problem at hand.
Re:Anthropic acquires Stainless by bulbar on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @12:15AM (#48203006)
In this regard it's worse, true.