Rebuttal: AI coding is iteration, not recursion
gerardsans · x · 2026-08-21
Gerard Sans responded to Uncle Bob Martin, arguing that AI generating software is not a paradox or recursion. He compared it to a carpenter building a table and then using it, or writing a text to oneself. He asserts it's just standard iteration over a codebase, not an agent changing itself, and criticizes the hype narrative.
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