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I am now in the process of fixing code I wrote using AI. I have come to the realization that AI can't really write software and I am annoyed that it took me that long (months) to realize that.

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This is quite terrifying to me, because I have a feeling I will soon come to the same conclusion. I’m starting to see some really glaring omissions in code I’m responsible for (using Opus) that at first (and second) look seemed fine, but really isn’t.

I talked with a friend on a different field (academic) and he had to re-review all things written by AI. Basically, he used AI to read/summarize/find stuff in large academic papers but realized later that many times AI makes glaring mistakes that on a first read pass the smell test.

From my perspective it felt like understanding that the machine has no desires helped refine my usage.

I can ask it to be curious, and it will reply with what people think curiosity should look like, but it’s a simulation of an emotion it will never be driven by.

The ramifications become apparent when you engage in activity like cross-domain discovery.

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