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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
I notice rollbacks and snapshots are commonly talked about in the context of shitty software. Microsoft, enterprise software no one likes to use, etc…
I predict that AI will increase hiring in the tech sector just from all the vibe code slop cleanup that will need to be done.
Yes and maddenlingly the workers will also be treated as more disposable because people still believe AI will replace them.
Yeah the problem is none of this is actually hitting the companies on the income statement. If code quality mattered, if dumping employees and replacing them with AI and churning out slop was costing them money, they wouldn't be doing it. It's not. Ultimately, the consumers will have to be the ones to hold them accountable, and the reality is they've built a system where consumers don't have a lot of options in many cases. Vendor lock-in, regulatory capture, and inescapable networks of byzantine contracts and partnerships and obligations around the industry have made shitty code and garbage products not just standard practice but required to do business. Tolerance of big tech apathy has turned into learned helplessness, catastrophic failures turn into finger-pointing contests, and nobody has any true accountability anymore. Until someone finds a way to hold them accountable, none of this is going to change.
Yup. Profit is the only thing that matters. Product quality, safety, and security are only as good as they need to be to avoid lawsuits, fines, and lost sales. No reason why computer code will be any different from cars, clothing, food, etc.
Next they'll sell you AI tools to fix what the cleanup tools have broken. As long as there is money to be made, someone will have a solution to sell.