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Quoting Paul Dix

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Paul Dix describes the process of using AI to write one million lines of code and refining it over several months to create reliable software now used on millions of developer machines. As Simon Willison's Weblog tells it, Dix argues that while some may view this as a simple translation task, the ability of AI to produce and refine sophisticated software through a verification system is a significant achievement.

Source: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/26/paul-dix/

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