alt Hacker NewsI think that over time people will start looking at AI-assisted coding the same way we now look at loosely typed code, or at (heavy) frameworks: it saves time in the short term, but may cause significant problems down the line. Whether or not this tradeoff makes sense in a specific situation is a matter of debate, and there's usually no obviously right or wrong answer.
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It really depends on the situation. I think there's an argument for generating in a lower level strongly typed language, where most of the work of writing the pointlessly verbose parts is eliminated, any errors are found by the compiler immediately, but it still leaves the option for handwritten optimizations when needed. Sort of how one can drop down to C in python for the parts that need more performance.
Once the free money runs out, the AI cos may shift to making heavily verified code snippets with more direct language control. This will heavily simplify a lot of boilerplate instead of fairytales of some AGI coding wiz.