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0 pointstptacek7mo ago0 comments

It is nothing at all like UB in a compiler. UB creates invisible bugs that tend to be discovered only after things have shipped. This is code generation. You can just read the code to see what it does, which is what most professionals using LLMs do.

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ModernMech7mo ago

With the volume of code people are generating, no you really can't just read it all. pg recently posted [1] that someone he knows is generating 10kloc/day now. There's no way people are using AI to generate that volume of code and reading it. How many invisible bugs are lurking in that code base, waiting to be found some time in the future after the code has shipped?

[1] https://x.com/paulg/status/1953289830982664236

tptacekOP7mo ago

I read every line I generate and usually adjust things; I'm uncomfortable merging a PR I haven't put my fingerprints on somehow. From the conversations I have with other practitioners, I think this is pretty normal. So, no, I reject your premise.

ModernMech7mo ago

My premise didn't have anything to do with you, so what you do isn't a basis for rejecting it. No matter what you or your small group of peers do, AI is generating code at a volume that all the developers in the world combined couldn't read if they dedicated 24hrs/day.

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ModernMech7mo ago

[1] https://x.com/paulg/status/1953289830982664236

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