2026-10-03 06:30 UTC
I hope some researchers out there are exploring the effect of increasing reliance on AI/coding agents on program comprehension, and the effect of program comprehension on confidence in AI-generated code.
That could be a negative feedback loop.
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@jasongorman@mstdn.business 2026-10-03 06:44
...And a potential explanation for how coding agents get "better and better" while the data doesn't show that
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@benfulton@fosstodon.org 2026-10-03 08:55
@jasongorman@mstdn.business Ah, but Jason, what if they use the LLM to explain the code structure to them?