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[-] KindaABigDyl@programming.dev 43 points 6 days ago

"I will revise that part to reflect the correct approach."

Proceeds to spit out the exact same output

[-] Quik@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago

For anyone curious, this is the (great) original video this was commented on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2C2CNmK7dQ

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 25 points 5 days ago

Unreal that AI is so ubiquitous apparently in programming, that I as a non-AI-user had to come to the comments to understand wtf this meant

[-] Redkey@programming.dev 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

So this is a list of responses given by AI when you correct it? My guess was "Things you will never hear from a client when you politely point out a logical inconsistency, an incorrect assumption, or a wild over/underestimation in their project plan." 'Cause in my experience the response you will get, 99% of the time, is "That won't happen."

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 5 days ago

I thought it was "things a programmer says to a client (while rolling their eyes) after the client gives nonsensical feedback."

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 12 points 5 days ago

I think it's a thing mainly for hobby programmers and young students that don't have a solid foundation/grasp of programming yet, which also likely makes up a big portion of programming meme communities.

[-] BatmanAoD@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago

There are definitely more experienced programmers using it. I can't find the post at the moment, but there was a recent-ish blog post citing a bunch of examples.

Personally, I don't use AI much, but I do occasionally experiment with it (for instance, I recently gave Claude Sonnet the same live-coding interview I give candidates for my team; it...did worse than I expected, tbh). The experimenting is sufficient for me to recognize these phrases.

[-] Shayeta@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It isn't, at work we're in the process of evaluating how useful it can be and a bunch of people received Cursor licenses to test it out.

If you're trying to do something common it works great as long as you are concise enough. The moment you try to get it to do something obscure it starts failing miserably.

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

To be fair, I’ve worked with people who do the exact same thing. Always making excuses but somehow never actually finishing their work.

Except… at least AI is polite about it.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 13 points 6 days ago

Good ol' AI

[-] cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago

You could make a good art piece of that.

this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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