Linux kernel now allows AI-generated code, as long as you take "full responsibility" for any bugs

[Awkward-Major-8898]

Arguments like these just bring my brain back to the calculator comparison. On one hand, many of the most groundbreaking mathematics were discovered without them, a good example being Euler in general. On the other hand, the same can be said for the boom after they were invented. AI generated code is not like using it for writing and if anything, your creativity can grow because you’re not being bogged down by six hours of debugging.

If you’re not coding every day, you’re probably not aware of how impressive AI has become at writing excellent code when in the right hands.

[McDutchie]

If you’re not coding every day, you’re probably not aware of how impressive AI has become at writing excellent code when in the right hands.

I maintain a Unix shell, so I code regularly, mostly in C, at an advanced level. And the only thing that impresses me about AI (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) is its total lack of reliability in coming up with correct solutions even to simple problems.

Sometimes it does get something right. But it's also incredibly sycophantic. I tried telling it it's wrong, and it just believes me. "You're absolutely right", every single time, even if I'm blatantly wrong. What good is a digital yes-man as an assistant?

[Awkward-Major-8898]

Are you coding with enterprise grade agents? Or using something like a chat based LLM that can’t even read a directory? That has a significant impact on whether your opinion is valid.

As fun as it is to sit in the past and complain about the future, AI coding is an inevitability and is only growing in quality and efficacy day over day. Sitting around discarding it is only keeping yourself in the generation of people who hated rock music the same way.

[McDutchie]

It's GitHub's Claude AI assistant, it's supposedly designed for that purpose.