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🕤︎ - 2026-07-10 - 🟊 3 - ♺ 2

OpenAI logo with goatse hands grabbing it .... the BioPython project is contemplating the problems with Large Language Model-generated code.

Peter Cock put it pretty well:

I on the other hand rather hope the current AI-assisted coding boom is just a passing trend, and will be looked back on like asbestos

The more you think about it - it's a pretty good analogy.

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