Lately I have been using AI more and more in my codebase and that’s been a bit of a hit and miss if you ask me.

I reckon it’s an amazing tool that allows developers to truly optimise their workflow, however at times laziness take over and code reviews are not as frequent as they should be.

I really REALLY wanted to build something without using AI after having spent months and months getting a bit too complacent. And this is the first idea that came to mind. Of course to celebrate this occasion I went for a technology I hadn’t used in almost a decade: jQuery!!!

You can find the repo here: https://github.com/fccview/ackchyually-ai
You can play around with the tool on fccview.github.io/ackchyually-ai

Few disclaimers:

  • I am a full stack javascript developer (with extensive knowledge of php and a very good grasp of shell). This means majority of the detection will be revolving around javascript, if you develop in a different language and you feel like you know AI patterns in that language PLEASE do create a pull request so we can make the detection even more accurate for other type of syntax!
  • The tool uses MY OWN metrics, this is doing what I usually do to see if something is (in my opinion) been made with AI and barely reviewed by a human. It’s not gospel, it’s not a scientific method, it’s most definitely going to be flawed, so keep it with a grain of salt, it can always be improved and collaboration/community support will definitely help with it
  • I don’t hate AI, on contrary I enjoy using it and I find value in not needing to “google it” whenever I hit a blocker, more times than not, AI has a valid solution that can be used, refined and applied properly. What I have mostly an issue with is people randomly generating code, not reviewing it and trying to sell you the moon when they barely understand the architecture of what they built
  • Please do not make this post a fight between pro/against AI individuals, that’s not the aim of it

All the patterns I am using to identify possible AI code are here: https://github.com/fccview/ackchyually-ai/tree/main/data if you come up with more patterns/ideas and have more ideas on what to look for please reply here, open an issue and/or make a pull request, but at ONE CONDITION, do NOT use AI for this. It’d go against the core principle of this one pure little app I decided to build <3

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    14 hours ago

    Hey, thanks for the back-check. I’m an expert at nothing. I know just enough to get by or when something might look super squirrely. The experiment was to see OP’s tool in action. I was just curious to see what would trigger a response. I wasn’t pitting the accuracy of AI against OP’s tool. I realize. even tho I use it, that AI can be inaccurate. Sometimes I’ll pit a few of them against each other to see how each interpret the data. I even use it when creating music. I am clinically deaf, and there are some frequencies I just can’t hear that well or at all. So I use AI in the mastering process. It’s just for fun. I’m not looking to break into the biz.