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Rsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMs (medium.com)

submitted 4 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev

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Seems like he's been pushed into using LLMs as a way to cope with the deluge of LLM-generated security reports.

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[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On the one hand, using a language learning model to interpret and modify a programs code language seems like a no brainer. On the other hand, we have mountains of evidence that suggest the technology hasn't been perfected.

Maybe, just maybe, a disclaimer is appropriate.

[–] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

He did have a disclaimer. It says it was co-authored by claude

What you see in the commit history with co-authored by claude is the tip of the proverbial software engineering iceberg.