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by boredtofears 643 days ago
I find AI summaries to be useful when writing PR's as a starting point. Having it generate a bulleted list summarizing the changes is a good way to make sure you've covered your entire PR (and it's easy to trim down unnecessary things). You can add context as needed.

I'd never trust an unrevised version though.

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Yeah, thars the big issue. Really only takes one unengaged or lazy reviewer to not take the time to revise that AI output and it will ruin the entire Org. Honestly it's a theme for all LLMs: they are great as a guide but people inevitably use them as if they are a replacement. The companies marking it as such don't help either.

As is, getting in revised LLMs responses seems like it'll be Gen Alpha's "let me Google that for you" swipe. Except at least Googling means you still need to put in leg work.