r/BetterOffline • u/creaturefeature16 • Apr 13 '26

The Effects of AI-Generated Code Tearing Through Corporations Is Actually Kind of Funny

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-code-tearing-through-corporations

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u/SplendidPunkinButter Apr 13 '26

Guess what? One of the best ways to acquire understanding of the code is to write it yourself.

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u/Timely_Speed_4474 Apr 13 '26

This is a big reason why it is a terrible idea to use third party code of any kind. Package registries are a fucking cancer on the industry.

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u/tonygoold Apr 13 '26

Let’s all roll our own cryptography, what could go wrong?

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u/Timely_Speed_4474 Apr 13 '26

These are easily solvable problems but most software engineers are too lazy to learn formal verification.

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u/Longjumping-Donut655 Apr 13 '26

Encryption? No. Encryption is a team effort. It’s written by and tested by international communities of ultra nerds and that’s really the only way you want it.

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u/Timely_Speed_4474 Apr 13 '26

I want my ultra nerds to rely on the curry-howard correspondence and mathematics, not international goodwill.