Comment Comment by ed_mercer I feel like OP is still in the year 2025.> The AI will have gone off the rails multiple times and you will only notice it later when you actually try to use the software.Except that said AI can now themselves use your software and find and fix bugs themselves, not to mention drive new features.>Your agent might go “off the rails” and start doing something you don’t want it to doThis happens but far less often than it used to, and the case for full autonomous agents is getting stronger, not weaker.>It is humanly impossible to build your own understanding of a codebaseThis again feels outdated. I think we're mving towards humans no longer needing to understand a codebase, and letting AI drive it. parent ed_mercer 4 months ago
> The AI will have gone off the rails multiple times and you will only notice it later when you actually try to use the software.
Except that said AI can now themselves use your software and find and fix bugs themselves, not to mention drive new features.
>Your agent might go “off the rails” and start doing something you don’t want it to do
This happens but far less often than it used to, and the case for full autonomous agents is getting stronger, not weaker.
>It is humanly impossible to build your own understanding of a codebase
This again feels outdated. I think we're mving towards humans no longer needing to understand a codebase, and letting AI drive it.