About an article saying AI writes code like humans, bugs included.
Has this happened?
Yes 78 (68%)Not sure 14 (12%)No 22 (19%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About an article saying AI writes code like humans, bugs included.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
We’ve been able to write buggy automated software for a very long time. That’s not interesting. It’s also not that interesting that stealing/replicating code replicates bugs.
When the AI/ML programs can actually create lines of code without references and do it with quality that’s when there’s a real story that isn’t playing tricks on tech authors for stock gains.
Tricks like this are why everyone always thinks big innovation is 5 years away when no one is really working on the things that’s make it 5 years away.