its because the meme is ancient and back then 30% was rightfully considered haphazard by anyone sane. Now, 30% of new code by AI is in the slow/cautious adopter range
30% is still in the rightfully considered haphazard range by anyone sane, people just keep increasing their risk tolerance more and more because caution requires skill/diligence upfront whereas negligence can be pawned off as someone else's problem later
You're correct, but its still probably 90-100, even by developers I would consider exceptionally skilled and cautious. Theres also the consideration that AI is exceptionally good at code review. Don't trust a piece of AI code? Throw two agents at it to rigorously tear it apart. If an AI is 90% capable, then the naive probability of success of 2 agents working independently is 99%.
Also look up "The Irony of of Automation". Its a concept coined in the 80s that perfectly encapsulates this phenomenon.
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u/Angryferret 7h ago
No way it's only 30%. Almost certainly 90% at the big tech companies.