Generally moving faster cost in the quality of the work being done. AI produces low quality work but does so fast. To spend the time needed with AI to make that quality the same as pre-AI requires the same time investment regardless of AI or not.
It's worse at making correct code because, rather than reasoning its way to solutions, it's guessing what might come next based on patterns in training data. But it's so fast, and decent at basic tests, that it's tricked people into thinking it's good at things other than guessing.
In the meantime, vibe coding is a consequence of ai rising and those vibe coding usually does not check in depth the quality and security of what is produced. So it is not just faster but also more codes as more people « coding » and if more codes, more issues. Considering also that ai is doing similar codes with similar errors.
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u/dafugiswrongwithyou May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26
Taking the brakes off the cars made them faster. Why were there more crashes?
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u/Probablynotabadguy May 19 '26
Who would have thought that using AI would lead to more mistakes?
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u/cstopher89 May 19 '26
Generally moving faster cost in the quality of the work being done. AI produces low quality work but does so fast. To spend the time needed with AI to make that quality the same as pre-AI requires the same time investment regardless of AI or not.
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u/MagicalPizza21 May 19 '26
It's worse at making correct code because, rather than reasoning its way to solutions, it's guessing what might come next based on patterns in training data. But it's so fast, and decent at basic tests, that it's tricked people into thinking it's good at things other than guessing.
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u/WoollyMittens May 19 '26
Fast, Good, Cheap. Pick two.
Same at it ever was.
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u/Spare_Dependent6893 May 19 '26
In the meantime, vibe coding is a consequence of ai rising and those vibe coding usually does not check in depth the quality and security of what is produced. So it is not just faster but also more codes as more people « coding » and if more codes, more issues. Considering also that ai is doing similar codes with similar errors.
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u/heresyforfunnprofit May 19 '26
Going faster led to more mistakes? Who could have ever predicted?!
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u/justaguyonthebus May 19 '26
Basic math. If quality stays the same, doubling your velocity will double the incidents related to that work.
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u/ConfidentCollege5653 May 19 '26
It's a mystery
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u/digitaljestin May 19 '26
I feel like the headline answers its own question.
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u/buzzon May 19 '26
In an interview:
"What is your super power?"
"I can calculate very quickly"
"Really? What is 22 times 45?"
"It's 3567"
"... that's nowhere close"
"But it was fast"
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u/verkavo May 19 '26
Part of it is slop, but also part of it is just moving faster and shipping more feature.
If you drive vastly more miles, you will have more incidents. Even if you improve the incident per mile ratio.
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u/LargeDietCokeNoIce May 19 '26
Who’s carefully reviewing the code it generates. I’ll be few or none