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		bee_rider on Jan 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them... Hmm, I worked with students in an “intro to programming” type course for a couple years. As far as I’m concerned, “I added complexity until it compiled and now it works but I don’t understand it” is pretty close to passing the Turing test, hahaha.

stavros on Jan 3, 2025 [–]

Oh yeah, it's definitely junior dev behaviour. The problem is that it's junior dev behaviour!

lolinder on Jan 3, 2025 | [–]

Junior dev behavior without any potential to be trained into not making the same mistake again next time!

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