I prefer the term slot machine coding because you keep thinking you almost have a jackpot but there's one lemon in there so you get that rush to keep pulling the lever and expecting different results.

‘Almost right’. I prefer the term: confidently incorrect.

It's ironic that this comes from Stack Overflow where I've seen on more than one occasion the wrong answer selected as the solution whilst the right answer was ridiculed and voted down.

This was happening long before Assumed Intelligence was pretending to be the nail to every hammer.

Invest in debugging and code review capabilities: With 45% of developers reporting increased debugging time for AI code, organizations need stronger code review processes. They need debugging tools specifically designed for AI-generated solutions.

Or, maybe, don't use tools that generate garbage code.

"2024 the report found that developers were not worried that AI would still their jobs." Still? I think AI might take the articles author job first.