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Re:Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now p... by stronglikedan on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:21AM (#50468861)
That's a good point about the carpenter getting the framing wrong. If that happened, it would be caught during the required inspection (by someone else), and the construction would be halted until it was fixed.

The issue with using AI as a tool to build software is that the inspection step is not required. I'm not sure an AI-generated description is a sign of bad inspection processes. I think maybe in the case of a game mod, the description is not as important as it would be for some software that someone is selling.

I guess my point is that quality can't be assessed merely by whether something was built with AI. A trustworthy team will have carried out inspections along the way. The question is how can we know that?

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Re:Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now p... by LoganDark on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:25AM (#50468928)
Oh, I wasn't saying AI made the quality bad! I was just saying the title inspires some confidence that AI could bring into question. ("Modders" are typically quite dedicated and passionate, so if it were a fully organic effort, you'd know it'd be good!) Of course, you can still always audit the code yourself to establish whatever you might need, I never meant to imply otherwise! I just think it's better to know about the use of AI when it happens.
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Re:Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now p... by darkwater on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:30AM (#50469019)
> The issue with using AI as a tool to build software is that the inspection step is not required. I

Wrong. Lack of inspection is a process issue symptom, not an AI issue symptom.

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