33
Linux 7.3-rc6 Released: Normal For The New "AI Normal" (www.phoronix.com)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

People used LLMs to find bugs that existed before LLMs created code.

LLMs are VERY good at finding bugs in existing code. That and C as a language is prone to memory bugs. Even before LLMs there has been a call to move to memory safe languages.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago*

    Ai has made me a better bug hunter. I point an LLM at an application I like to use and give it a prompt like please scan this codebase URL for bugs.

    If it comes back with any, I then try to confirm them for myself to make sure it's not hallucinating any, and if that bug actually does exist, then I can report it.

    I found one critical vulnerability and several high severity issues in an app that I enjoy using and reported them to the developer and got them fixed.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent