illusionist@lemmy.zip to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoChild labour with 10 years of experience, 'AI-native' accepting 250k lines of Cursor codelemmy.mlimagemessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down115
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minus-squareJohanno@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 month agoIt is a sharp knife that if used correctly can improve your performance. However if you use an agent that runs through your code and changes shit randomly… It is like taking the knife strapping it on a water hose and turn on the pressure. It may cut through the things you want. It also may go crazy and kill everyone in range. You don’t know.
minus-squareexpr@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIt convinces people it improves their performance. It doesn’t in reality: https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown.
minus-squareHawk@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMore like a dull knife that only cuts because you’re putting enough force behind it.
It is a sharp knife that if used correctly can improve your performance.
However if you use an agent that runs through your code and changes shit randomly…
It is like taking the knife strapping it on a water hose and turn on the pressure.
It may cut through the things you want. It also may go crazy and kill everyone in range. You don’t know.
It convinces people it improves their performance. It doesn’t in reality: https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown.
More like a dull knife that only cuts because you’re putting enough force behind it.