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by Cthulhu_ 60 days ago
Potentially, yes, but as with other software, you need to know AND have (automated) verifications on what it does, exactly.

And of course, make the case that it actually needs a rewrite, instead of maintenance. See also second-system effect.
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ben_w 60 days ago
> Potentially, yes, but as with other software, you need to know AND have (automated) verifications on what it does, exactly.

Yes, but even here one needs some oversight.

My experiments with Codex (on Extra High, even) was that a non-zero percentage of the "tests" involved opening the source code (not running it, opening it) and regexing for a bunch of substrings.

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tonyedgecombe 60 days ago
>And of course, make the case that it actually needs a rewrite, instead of maintenance.

"The AI said so ..."

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