LLMs Are Now Writing Incomprehensible Code
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-07-09
It has been noted that LLMs are now capable of writing code, papers, and blogs, but these outputs sometimes introduce complex abstractions that humans don't truly understand, or even overly complex and unnecessary code structures.
The quote adds that while current-generation models are highly capable, they often generate overly abstract and complex implementations, leading the author to recently discard the model-generated code and rewrite it from scratch.
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