[sdiy] AI code generation

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

With the sometimes usable seeming results, the speed certainly seems 
appealing.

On youtube, there is a German(1) language video called something like 
"AI burnout ist real", where a computery guy talks about audience 
e-mails about the topic.
How many programmers these days are compelled by managers to use AI, and 
their jobs devolved into babysitting and fixing "AI slop", which, after 
some time, gets so mentally taxing that the rate of finding problems 
gets severely diminished and things are just waved through, and 
supposedly the overall quality of the code base takes a dive.

(1) I guess auto translate works reasonably well by now, for anyone who 
cares

- Steve

On 23.04.2026 11:14, Brother Theo via Synth-diy wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Touchy subject that I need to talk about. I just had Claude AI 
> generate a CSound program for a complex effect. Not only did it hit 
> all the points I gave it, but it even included some stuff I forgot, 
> like a sound source, but also gave me a few ideas on how to operate 
> it. And it took less than 15 minutes to do.
>
> I know a lot of you will rebel against the idea of AI. I was one of 
> you. But this experience has opened my eyes to the possibilities. This 
> piece of code would have taken me hours to develop. Claude did it in a 
> fraction of the time.
>
> My buddy got me into this by telling me his experience. He took a code 
> base for a 2007 synth and had Claude make changes and add features. 
> Claude even found bugs and fixed them without prompting. The new code 
> is working and is being tested.
>
> It is a brave new world. Should we feel sorry for the coders?
>
> -- 
> Timothy Ressel
> 909-423-5962
> FutureRetro Synthesizers
>
>
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