Why AI Excels at Coding: Verifiable Outputs Enable Fast Iteration
dansitu · x · 2026-10-01
The author offers a framework for AI's uneven capabilities: models excel at coding because code is easy to test and iterate on when problems arise. Tasks lacking such verifiable feedback loops are where AI struggles — explaining why it's great at some things and terrible at others.
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