alt Hacker NewsAgree with you on that. There is nothing about LLMs that makes them uniquely suited for bug finding. However, they could excel re:bugs by recovering traces as you say, and taking it one step further, even recommending fixes.
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MarcoDewey • 05/14/2025
Correct, what is unique about LLMs is their ability to match an existing tool or practice to a unique problem.
One possibility is crafting (somewhat-)minimal reproductions. There's some work in the FP community to do this via traditional techniques, but they seem quite limited.