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wysimdnwyg

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10. I'm a software developer and had that same discussion with my boss today

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu May 15, 2025, 05:37 PM

May 2025

She (not a developer) asked if we could get AI to complete a major rewrite project for us. I had to explain why that’s such a bad idea technologically, and then explain why it’s also bad when the AI - that’s supposedly sandboxed - steals our proprietary code.

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