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by bikelang 86 days ago
Were you not reviewing every line when a human wrote it before it went to prod? I think the output of these tools is about as good as a human would write - which means it needs thorough review if I’m going to be on the hook to resolve its issues at 2AM.
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AnimalMuppet 86 days ago
Maybe that's the distinction. If I write it, you can call me at 2AM. If an AI wrote it, call the AI at 2AM.

Oh, it can't take the phone call and fix the issue? Then I'm reviewing its output before it goes into prod.

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cableshaft 86 days ago
This is a weird analogy. You can ask the A.I. to fix the issue at any time of day (assuming the person asking someone with enough technical knowledge that can evaluate the fix at least).

You won't always be able to get ahold of someone at 2am. You won't be able to get ahold of me at 2am, for example. It'll throw some notification on my screen and I won't see it until I wake up.

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alecbz 86 days ago
Yeah in many places we had two humans with context on every line, and now we're advocating going to zero?
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