I’d challenge the AI purists by asking where they draw the line. What if your developer uses AI to create every single texture and mesh? What if the entire codebase was built with AI assistance? What if the developer used AI to fix one single gremlin of a bug? What if they create all of their regression tests with AI? What if the developer needed one single refresher on some basic C code syntax and got an AI summary from Google - where AI never touched the code? What if one of their imported python modules that is only called once has a developer who created one single unit test with AI?
Are all of these really equally heinous?
I draw the line at using it personally. I can’t control everyone else using it but I’ll gladly prioritize the work of someone who put the sweat in over one that simply prompted a model.
To me the AI use has become tantamount to endorsing and accepting the problems it is creating. Once we solve the problems it has created, I’ll feel fine using it again.
hooray, insane witch hunts and even more insane mental gymnastics galore!
(Big Walk is awesome and you should play it)
They used AI for this??? Its like the most basic game ever.
Perfect for ai then
All professional software development is using AI. This is normal and to be expected. Code AI contributions are rightfully handled differently in Steam’s AI disclosure.
Note how pretty much every major piece of software has gotten less reliable and less user friendly in the last few years. There might be a connection…
I forgot the golden role of “ai bad”.
AI is a tool. A useful tool for software development. But with any tool, it’s possible to misuse it. With AI it’s easy to abuse it and get it to write everything for you and not think about the output. That usually ends up with bad code. You can also use it for debugging or code review or giving a solution to a tough technical problem that can be used as a starting point. That’s how these devs used it. That is a good way to use the tool.
Just because corporations overuse AI in software development doesn’t mean the tool is bad.
People have complained about this for as long as computers existed. It’s not a new development and not exclusive to LLM usage.
There is, but it’s not AI alone. It’s mostly the C-Suite trying to drown us in it.
