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HN debates shipping AI-written code you only understand partly

A thread quotes a Meta engineer uneasy about shipping code they understand only at a high level. It asks how much engineers must understand before shipping.

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What the research found

HN thread quoting a Meta engineer who feels uneasy shipping AI-written code they only understand at a high level, asking how much engineers must understand before shipping; opinion discussion with no concrete version or release facts.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

  1. A Meta engineer says AI-written code feels like a black box they do not fully understand 97%
  2. Engineers are asking how much code they must understand before shipping 95%

Evidence

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