One reason I think that complex #AI software projects are never going to happen is that the code it generates has no *intent* behind it.

Senior software devs spend an extraordinarily large amount of time reading existing code and asking not just HOW they work, but WHY they were written that way. Reading long-maintained, complex source code is more than mere reading comprehension; it’s LITERARY CRITIQUE. You’re constantly trying to understand the thought process and motivation of whoever wrote that code, in the hopes of gaining insight into their frame of mind.

Well, AI code has no motivation, thought process, nor frame of mind. While the code it generates MIGHT work correctly (a big assumption) at the point it was extruded, there is no plausible way of maintaining that code, and at some point of complexity (sooner than you think!) maintainability becomes critical.

#softwareEngineering #softwareDevelopment

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