Dev on working with AI models: "my only job now is to steer it away from slop"
haydendevs · x · 2026-10-07
Developer haydendevs says current AI models still need constant supervision — his main job now is steering them away from slop. When someone quipped it's "probably a prompting issue," the exchange highlights the real human-machine division of labor in AI-assisted coding: models generate fast but drift toward mediocrity, so human value lies in judgment and steering.
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