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by bogwog 1821 days ago
Plus if you use this for anything non-trivial, it's functionally similar to using a third-party dependency, except the licensing terms are vague and there's no one to ask for help.

I could see it being useful maybe for testing. Even if it straight up copies code from the Linux kernel, you don't usually ship tests to customers so the GPL (probably) isn't a problem.

But the problem with testing is that you need to be 100% sure about how it behaves, and an AI generated test might not be reliable enough to be useful.

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i'd argue the danger is even greater with tests bc the entire point of tests is to provide certainty. wrong tests are a false sense of safety that's unquantifiable without understanding every single line.