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Torvalds: AI Is the New Compiler, Not the New Programmer (pbxscience.com)
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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 48 minutes ago

But if you use AI to find issues, then investigate the issue, reproduce it, document it, etc, then you’ve got something meaningful that someone can do something with.

In principle that is sound, but LLMs can't do that, yet, if ever. Sounds like anthropomorphism. The 'hallucination' thing is intrinsic. What you can do is point it at easily verifiable problems like searching for security flaws, and then verify them. Whether that's cost effective in wasted energy and human time is still an open question, especially as token cost ramps up pre IPO.