5 Jan
2024
5 Jan
'24
10:34 a.m.
On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 04:11:23 +1300, I wrote:
AI will likely lead to an increase in the quantity of patch submissions, together with a(n even further) drop in their quality.
For a taste of what is to come, this is already afflicting the Curl project: <https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/aiassisted_bug_reports_make_developers/>. As Stenberg puts it, AI produces better crap. "The better the crap, the longer time and the more energy we have to spend on the report until we close it," he wrote.