They don’t need testing because they tell the ai to not make any errors
Comment on Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 Bug That Locks Users Out of the C: Drive
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
There must be something really seriously wrong at Microsoft. I can understand that Windows patches are complex and that they might break some of those crazy things people are running on their machines. But how is a bug that is killing access to the C:\ drive able to get through testing? WTF are they doing?
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
my boss loves AI and he uses it for everything. he made some stats graphs and summaries, and he was bragging how he got AI to make them errorless: he tells it to check for errors and makes it swear it’s accurate… while we were looking at a graph where the y column numbers were all fucked up
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Interestingly, AI is actually pretty good at making graphs, the trick is you don’t ask it to actually make the graph itself. Instead you have to ask it to write a python script to create a graph using matplotlib from whatever source file contains the data, then run that script. Same with math. Don’t ask it to do math directly, instead ask it to write a bash or python script to do some math, then run that. Still not perfect, but your success rate increases by about 1000%
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Because of so much open source and stack overflow it was trained on.
But who writes bash scripts to do math?
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
That’s about 90% of what I use AI for right there: silly little bash and python scripts. A graph, some image compression, ffmpeg video shenanigans, the works.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
It’s really really bad at doing spreadsheet analysis. Even basic shit that I would give to an intern. At least an intern with generally just make shit up and pretend it’s not wrong even when I point it out, and if they do I get a new intern.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It’s Microslop. This is what’s wrong.
yucandu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s not as bad as that time they permanently deleted user documents and photos.
See they had this trick where if you didn’t have enough space on your drive to unpack an update, they’d just move your shit to OneDrive temporarily, then move it back when the update was done. Only they forgot to move it back, and lost it. Oops.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Seriously?!?! 😲
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No, but are we gonna wait until they do?
criss_cross@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My company is starting to roll out having AI both put up PRs AND give code reviews.
I would not be surprised to hear Microslop is doing the same thing and having horrible results.
Amazing what happens when you try to turn your talent pool into lifeless casino monitors.
evol@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
No one smart is going into windows dev in 2026. It’s like working on IBM mainframes. Only people left to work are middle of the road new grads they hire and boomers who are retiring.
Rothe@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Vibecoding. Microslop has peddled AI so much that they have gotten addicted to their own supply.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Probably AI code getting tested by AI.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
*Microslop
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s going to come out that there’s AI in the code. And the code testing was done by AI, who gave the buggy code the green light.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or worse: AI is doing the QA as well
ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
What QA? Microsoft’s QA was always the CEO demoing the latest repository head on stage.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They at least used to be embarassed by a live BSOD.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
We’re doing the QA.
artyom@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
“Code Testing” = QA
ramble81@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
It passed the unit test, it must be good!
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Quality Artificial Intelligence assurance