Kent Beck's SPLASH/ISSTA keynote: augmented coding to close the gap between AI features and futures
moarbugs · x · 2026-10-08
At the SPLASH/ISSTA keynote, Kent Beck shared insights on how the AI "genie" keeps rolling out features (red) at the cost of possible futures.
- He proposes paying attention to the gap between features and investing in the futures (blue)
- Advocates an "augmented coding" approach as a way forward
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