[Slashdot] Amazon CEO: AI-Assisted Code Transformation Saved Us 4,500 Years of Developer Work

“Our developers shipped 79% of the auto-generated code reviews without any additional changes,” Jassy explained.

And 35% of that auto-generated code actually works!

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Yeah about that… Have you though maybe about checking the code before shipping it? Have you? No? Yeah that checks out.

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Just because you didn’t do any changes means that they work …
Just saying …

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I kind of want to be an Amazon developer now. You can just dilly dally all day and pretend like you reviewed the AI generated code, and not actually do that and just ship whatever it generated, and there’s a 79% chance that your boss will think you actually did your job.

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Is it acceptable for a 3P seller to have a 79% OTDR?

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SPEAKING of checking your work:

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Hard to find mistakes when you don’t even know what mistakes look like

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