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Error: stepping, NOT NULL constraint failed: messages.dkim (19)
In AVR or other MPU-less architecture you can literally modify the string literal memory without triggering a crash.
Why? Because there is no memory protection ("rodata") at all.
And such microprocessors are still in use today, so it's a bit too far fetched to say "really old code."
It's UB, sure, but how many embedded programmers actually care? The OP's proposal is trying to change the type system so that this UB becomes much less likely to trigger in practice.
> Sometimes, this sort of “misfire” of the “known answer” circuit happens naturally, without us intervening, resulting in a hallucination. In our paper, we show that such misfires can occur when Claude recognizes a name but doesn't know anything else about that person. In cases like this, the “known entity” feature might still activate, and then suppress the default "don't know" feature—in this case incorrectly. Once the model has decided that it needs to answer the question, it proceeds to confabulate: to generate a plausible—but unfortunately untrue—response.
It is possible, although not confirmed, that the block was motivated by an ongoing malware threat that involves this particular threat, but take this with a grain of salt.
Code is an asset. It is the product of software companies. Having more assets certainly increases complexity, but this is almost definitionally true. Imagine saying “the US interstate highway system is debt, because it’s complex and difficult to maintain.” The premise is true, but the conclusion is such a one-dimensional way of seeing things.
The AI stuff aside, in light of the above, what is the author’s thesis here? “For the same code, all else being equal, it’s better to have less complexity than more complexity”? Sure, true, but that’s a pretty easy and obvious point.
It seems this entire article could have been profitably boiled down to “make sure your AI coding tools aren’t adding unnecessary complexity to your finished code.”
Funnily enough, this doesn't contradict "code is debt" because Asset = Equity + Liability.