Jeremy Howard: AI coding is a slot machine with 'losses disguised as wins'
Machine Learning Street Talk · youtube · 2026-10-11
fast.ai co-founder Jeremy Howard compares AI-assisted coding to a slot machine on Machine Learning Street Talk: you craft the prompt, pull the lever, and the occasional win creates an illusion of control. He says it has "all the hallmarks of loss disguised as a win," the same mechanics gaming companies engineer into their rooms.
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