About AI dev tools at Google that reportedly generate more code than humans.
Has this happened?
Yes 88 (65%)Not sure 23 (17%)No 24 (18%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About AI dev tools at Google that reportedly generate more code than humans.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I'm told that Google has internal AI dev tools now that generate more code than humans.
Given that code is not an asset but a heavy liability the elephant in the room is the question: Who is going to maintain all that huge piles of generated code?
Wake me up when there's an AI that can safely delete code… That would be a really disrupting achievement!