Comment by Cthulhu_
3 days ago
> Even badly-written code is still useful when it works.
Sure, just as long as it's not used in production or to handle customer or other sensitive data. But for tools, utilities, weekend hack projects, coding challenges, etc by all means.
The statement preceding your quote is more telling:
> as long as the code generation doesn’t use too much energy or cause unforeseen problems.
A badly-written code can be a time bomb, just waiting for the right situation to explode.
And also, using LLM to generate garbage requires so much energy.
Exactly.
And yeah, people will start using AI for important things it’s not capable of…people have already started and will continue to do so regardless. We should find good ways for people to make their lives easier with AI, because people will always try to make their lives easier, so otherwise they’ll find bad ways themselves.