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Also pro error finding with LLMs. But concerned about tool dependency; if you can't do it without the AI, you can't support the code. "LLMs cannot find reason
by westurner 2y ago
Also pro error finding with LLMs.
But concerned about tool dependency; if you can't do it without the AI, you can't support the code.
"LLMs cannot find reasoning errors, but can correct them" (2023)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38353285 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38353285
"New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on code quality'" (2024)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168105 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39168105
"AI generated code compounds technical debt" (2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185735 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185735 :
> “I don't think I have ever seen so much technical debt being created in such a short period of time"
Even if trained on only formally verified code, we should not expect LLMs to produce code that passes formal verification.
"Ask HN: Are there any objective measurements for AI model coding performance?" (2025)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43206779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43206779
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43061977#43069287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43061977#43069287 re: memory vulns, SAST DAST, Formal Verification, awesome-safety-critical