[throwaway2016a]

To be fair I wasn't agreeing with the "API in 20 minutes approach" I was only pointing out the contrast between that and something like this.

As I tried to allude too, AI written APIs often have security, performance, maintainability and a whole slew of other issues.

But at the same time, I think "blank video on your phone for 20 minutes" is a bit of a stretch. These AI generated APIs have problems for certain but they are working software and in many cases better working software than a non-coder or junior engineer could have written in a much longer time.

And while I don't like the idea of tons of insecure poorly architected APIs being out there, the realty is, people are using AI generated APIs in the real-world right now, it's not hypothetical.

[re-thc]

> but they are working software

What is "working" software?

Have we lost the meaning of that now too? Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a "working phone" too - it just might explode.

> but they are working software and in many cases better working software than a non-coder or junior engineer could have written in a much longer time.

Imagine the nurse telling you that you've got an AI doctor operating on you that's better than the junior surgeon. I'm sure you'd be happy. We've been cheapening the industry for a long time. Not everyone needs to produce code.

> the realty is, people are using AI generated APIs in the real-world right now, it's not hypothetical.

The reality is there is contaminated cooking oil [1], noodles with opium [2] and a infinite amount of issues. Let's not make the world worse?

[1]: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-13/cooking-oil-contamina...

[2]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/2...

[throwaway2016a]

Working means you give it input and it produces the expected output for all your defined used cases. Don't confuse working with good.

Let's keep your analogy: AI isn't producing software that is the equivalent of a AAA movie title by any stretch but it is producing far better than a bunch of kids in a garage with their cell phones can make. Which is orders of magnitude better than 20 minutes of blank video. Which means that people will use it whether you like it or not.

Reality doesn't care if you think it is a bad idea... in fact I think you and I are on the same page, I do think it is a bad idea... but reality will continue to exist whether you and I like it or not.

You're not helping anyone by arguing how crappy and harmful it is to someone who already knows how crappy and harmful it is.