Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase
by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:53PM
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Not the same person, but I don't. I have noticed a slight improvement from GPT-3.5 until now, but not a marked improvement like people say. And I didn't notice any of the claimed massive improvements along the way either. Every model I use, even the very latest, is still fundamentally very stupid and cannot be trusted to do its own thing.
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Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase
by TeriyakiBomb on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @02:54AM
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Same here. At certain tasks, you can see a marked improvement in code quality. I think it’s just focus during training that produces this. In terms of fundamentals, they’re just as likely to fumble things at random, over abstract, duplicate, overfit and fail in the same ways. A lot of people who spend a lot of time poking at AI slowly stop thinking critically about it too.
I see it like someone walking through a minefield safely after not noticing the signs.
“What do you mean it’s a minefield? MY legs didn’t get blown off.”