Comment by zach_miller
5 days ago
Ultimately it seems the question ought to be “is the code they wrote with AI buggier than the code they would have written without”, not “is the code they wrote with AI 100% bug free”. I doubt that any team doing a significant refactor from a language they don’t know could make bug free code on any reasonable timeline, AI or not.
If the question is the former, though, unless it’s horrendously buggy then I wonder if the speed increase offsets the “buggier code” (if the code even is buggier) because if they finish early they can bug bash for longer.
I guess it depends on wether the devs are able and willing to even still try to look at the old code, when they have a nice and easy to understand description in front of them what they're supposed to implement. And sure, at the end of the day management just cares about what costs less, including any accidents caused by AI giving the wrong description. Might also depend on who'll use that tech. If it's a bank, this could cost millions, if not billions. If it's a medical device (yeah I really don't think it is. I mean I really hope it isn't), it could cost lives. But at least then we can blame the AI, so nobody is at fault.