alt Hacker News> Don't use it to write code. It's a terrible programmer.
I see this sentiment often, and I’m honestly not sure where this comes from, as it’s really not been my experience. I feel like this must come from people feeling threatened and just moving the goals posts, or not knowing how to use the tools effectively.
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I think a lot of the people saying AI code sucks is because the code isn't formatted the way they like, not because the code doesn't work.
Basically, the people that leave dozens of bikeshed code review comments.
Sure, sometimes I might ask the AI to break out a helper function or structure things differently, but that's the same as working with another dev
I see your sentiment quite often here on HN¹, I'm honestly not sure what kind of experience you may have had with automatic program writers. LLM code absolutely sucks.
1 - I wonder why my other social circles are so different.
It's a common enough experience that it shouldn't be dismissed.
I agree. This sentiment is quite tiring and I put it down to one of 3 things:
1) lies and/or cope
2) lack of actual software ability, therefore over evaluating your own skill
3) haven’t actually used LLMs, and want to do a “look at me I’m so unique and different”
I roll my eyes whenever someone says “AI bad” “AI sucks” “AI can’t replace me”
Yeah. Load of
> I see this sentiment often, and I’m honestly not sure where this comes from, as it’s really not been my experience
If you see people saying it often, but you are convinced they are just feeling threatened, what AI generated software would point to to say, "Look at this! Definitive evidence that they are just coping!"