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AI-generated code mirrors commercial mediocrity, programmer argues

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An AI programmer suggests that AI-generated code is not inherently worse than code produced in commercial settings, as both are trained on or produced from mediocre examples. The programmer argues that AI is fundamentally limited by its training data, which reflects the existing variance reduction and lack of creativity often found in commercial codebases. This implies that human oversight and programming skills will remain essential. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI code generation is limited by its training data, implying continued need for human programmers.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a user on a social media platform discussing AI code generation.

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AI-generated code mirrors commercial mediocrity, programmer argues

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # AI programmer writes slop. My peers also wrote slop. The AI isn't writing especially bad code relative to code in a commercial setting. Why? It's trained on m

    # AI programmer writes slop. My peers also wrote slop. The AI isn't writing especially bad code relative to code in a commercial setting. Why? It's trained on mediocre code for a commercial setting. The code from large enterprises and on Github is already forced kurtosis and elim…

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