Comment by almostdeadguy
2 days ago
People keep saying this like it’s some meaningful point, but the reality is many people in different projects have a shared need for that code to work correctly, and there is a social proof involved in used open source libraries. That is why people look at downloads and dependent projects as heuristics of stability and correctness. That is not the case with (and cannot be obtained with) code authored by generative AI.
Yes it can, the code will be ran and you will have the proof that it ran well. Or it won't run well and you'll re-do it. Same as with some imported library.