LLMによるコード生成に完全には頼れない理由
筆者は妹にプログラミングを教える際、「関数の内部をすべて理解する必要はない」とアドバイスしていた。しかし今、LLMが生成したコードに対しては、その動作を完全に理解しないとコミットできない自分に気づく。生成されたコードはしばしば動作せず、修正しようとすると新たな問題が生じるため、生成速度のメリットが理解に費やす時間で相殺されてしまうというジレンマを語る。
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