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Just how good of a coder is AI, really?

March 30, 2026 · 21 min

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Did you know that if you tell your AI it's an expert coder it'll actually write worse code?

Join Brandon, systems editor Tobias Mann, and senior reporter Thomas Claburn to discuss the state of - and limitations with - AI software development, and why we're not convinced it's going to replace a human dev anytime soon.

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