@intothewestaway@mastodonapp.uk
Post #2074448
2026-04-21 14:12 UTC
@airwhale
I can only imagine.
A first read, years ago was to read tickets out loud and ask if everyone understood.
A simple OR request was agreed to by all. (The user can input using method A OR method B)
When the code was released users could input via method A but not method B. Query revealed the coder assumed a choice of but not both.
I assume an AI beast could make the same mistake and rewrite the ticket as an XOR request.
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@airwhale@beige.party 2026-04-21 14:21
@intothewestaway Add to that, the English text the AI "enhanced" was written by a Swedish national who never had their Queen's English or Oxford commas hammered into them since birth. Absolutely conversant, but with a twist that many non-native people have. The local context matters, as does the objectively ill chosen words (from a style perspective), that reference local system names, internal abbreviations and acronyms.