Coding with AI? My top 5 tips for vetting its output - and staying out of trouble

AI tools are revolutionizing coding and IT work, but are they making developers faster? One study says no. Here's why AI sometimes slows experts down and speeds up mistakes.

Our story begins, as many stories do, with a man and his AI. The man, like many men, is a bit of a geek and a bit of a programmer. He also needs a haircut.

The AI is the culmination of thousands of years of human advancement, all put to the service of making the man's life a little easier. The man, of course, is me. I'm that guy.

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Unfortunately, while AI can be incredibly brilliant, it also has a propensity to lie, mislead, and make shockingly stupid mistakes. It is the stupid part that we will be discussing in this article ...