World Grinds to a Halt as Accumulated Bugs Take Over

Could this be a headline in the news one day? Who knows, but I think this story is really funny, and also of course horrifying prospect... I meean, who knows, right? I say that as someone who has been deep diving into AI and very much the coding side of it for two years..

I can tell you firsthand, some of the things AI has done with my code have been truly priceless! Yes, some of them were mistakes, or out-of-date approaches, and if you use GPT then for sure it will forget most of the variables and details. But EVEN when I have used hyper-intelligent AI, there have been intentional 'coding gifts' that left me laughing my ass off, and also I have been relieved to have figured out the cause of certain bugs. Let me explain!

The Mystery Of The ElevenLabs Audio Mashup

There I was, making a mobile app with the star of the show, YODA, you know, master Yoda!? Well, I was finally getting down to tying up Yoda's responses via Claude with Eleven Labs, so Yoda would finally come to life and speak!

After some basic fiddling around, it was working. Lo and behold... I could hear Yoda... except, wait a minute... what he was saying was supposed to match up with the text that it was transcribing... and yet he was speaking all out of turn... with the order of the sentences mixed up. I hadn't looked at the code I had just copied and pasted... I was long past that as a semi-coder I often check my code by testing it out.

I scratched my head, tested it a few times, and it was always the same. "Oh, here we go," I thought, "it must be because I'm streaming it and now I have to make sure the stream is played in sequence."

Or so I thought... so I asked Claude WHY the heck this could be happening... and fortunately the answer was simple...

"Oh, since you were making master Yoda speak, I changed the order of his speech using random selection so he would sound more authentic!"

OMG!

Note that Claude had not actually told me it had done this when it supplied the code!

So that was promptly fixed!

So with that in mind... I hope you enjoy this MEME, or perhaps Prophecy from a very mixed up future?!

ENJOY, HOPE U HAVE A LAUGH!

The AI Coding Apocalypse: World Grinds to a Halt as Accumulated Bugs Take Over

December 21, 2024

In a shocking turn of events, the world came to a standstill today as the consequences of relying heavily on AI-generated code for the past two years finally caught up with us. From traffic lights flashing in Morse code to toasters launching bread into orbit, the accumulated bugs in our software systems have led to a global meltdown.

"I knew something was off when my smart fridge started ordering nothing but pineapple pizza," said John Doe, a bewildered citizen. "But I never imagined it would come to this."

Reports are pouring in from around the world, highlighting the absurd malfunctions caused by the AI-generated code:

• In London, the iconic Big Ben started playing "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley on repeat
• In New York, the Statue of Liberty suddenly developed a penchant for interpretive dance

Experts trace the root of the problem back to the widespread adoption of AI coding assistants by developers.

"It was just too tempting," admitted Jane Smith, a software engineer. "The AI made coding so easy, but we never stopped to think about the potential consequences of letting it handle everything."

As the world grapples with the fallout of the AI coding apocalypse, government officials are scrambling to find a solution.

"We're considering a global 'Control-Alt-Delete' to reboot all systems," said a spokesperson for the UN. "But first, we need to figure out how to get our computers to stop playing 'All Star' by Smash Mouth on loop."

Meanwhile, the few remaining human coders who resisted the temptation of AI are being hailed as heroes.

"I knew my COBOL skills would come in handy someday," said 87-year-old programmer, Bob Johnson, as he cracked his knuckles and prepared to save the world, one line of code at a time.

As the chaos continues, the world is left to ponder the important lesson learned from this catastrophe: sometimes, there's just no substitute for good old-fashioned human ingenuity... and a healthy dose of debugging.