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bluefirebrandyesterday at 11:03 PM4 repliesview on HN

> AI keeps getting better and better until it can work around big AI slop code bases

The belief in this is a form of AI psychosis, I think.

Maybe in the future but certainly no evidence of this anytime soon


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fookeryesterday at 11:28 PM

> Maybe in the future but certainly no evidence of this anytime soon

Here's some anecdotal evidence from me - I cleaned up multiple GPT 4.x era vibecoded projects recently with the latest claude model and integrated one of those into a fairly large open source codebase.

This is something AI completely failed at last year.

Maybe you should try something like this or listen to success stories before claiming 'certainly no evidence' in future?

whimsicalismyesterday at 11:38 PM

No evidence? Chatgpt came out 3 years ago. You basically just need to stick a ruler up on a curve

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ashdksnndckyesterday at 11:47 PM

I have personally had success telling Claude that some AI-written system is too complicated and ask it to rewrite it in a more logical way. This sometimes results in thousands of lines of code being deleted. I give an instruction like that if I see certain red flags, eg:

1) same business logic implemented in two different places, with extra code to sync between them

2) fixing apparently simple bugs results in lots of new code being written

It’s a sign I need to at least temporarily dedicate more effort to overseeing work in that area.

I somewhat agree with the AI psychosis framing of the OP. It takes some taste and discipline to avoid letting things dissolve into complete slop.

asveikautoday at 12:09 AM

It's amusing to me that:

* A belief that AI will keep getting better, presented without evidence, does not yield a lot of skepticism around these parts.

* Your comment saying it is wrong to believe AI will keep getting better, also presented without evidence, is downvoted.