walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz to Programming@programming.dev · 10 months agoNew GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality'visualstudiomagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIf you use AI to generate code, that should always be the first draft. You still have to edit it to make sure it’s good.
minus-squarehikaru755@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoYeah, but by generating with AI you’re incentivized to skip that initial research stage into your own code base, leading you to completely miss opportunities for consolidation or reuse
If you use AI to generate code, that should always be the first draft. You still have to edit it to make sure it’s good.
Yeah, but by generating with AI you’re incentivized to skip that initial research stage into your own code base, leading you to completely miss opportunities for consolidation or reuse