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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: tedthedog   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Using AI to generate backtesting programs
Date: 01/07/25 11:39 AM
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Great, I assumed you checked it. I check on data where I know the answer too. Also read over AI produced code to see if it looks robust etc as I'm sure you do. Lots of checks!

But a lot of folks might not be used to that protocol, and blindly use the code output of these AI's.
In addition to possibly being led astray, it can become a self-reinforcing loop where bad results get published on a blog or reddit or wherever, and bad or just badly styled code gets deposited in GitHub. Then future AI's train on this.

I use AI generated code a lot and it has definitely helped my productivity. But its limitations have also become clear.

Not sure what can be done about it.


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