AI Coders are crap; thread & stories inside

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https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx
https://www.gitclear.com/coding_on_copilot_data_shows_ais_downward_pressure_on_code_quality?ref=upstract.com

GitHub and other sources have reported more than 50% of developers adopting AI Assisted-development during 2023. What these sources haven't reported is how the composition of code changes when AI is used.

We examine 4 years worth of data, encompassing more than 150m changed lines of code, to determine how AI Assistants influence the quality of code being written. We find a significant uptick in churn code, and a concerning decrease in code reuse.

"Essentially, code written by devs using copilot (ide-integrated AI) is of the quality of overseas short term contractors who dont give a fuck about the project"
"It's written 55% faster, but it's a garbage fire" - a friend