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I think AI also introduces a new form of accidental complexity. When using Copilot, I often find myself telling it something to the effect of, “this seems needlessly complex and confusing, is there a better way to do this, or is this level of complexity justified?” It almost always apologizes and comes back with a solution I find much more pleasing, though on rare occasions it does justify its solution as a form of the original accidental complexity you mention. The more we lean on these tools, the more this accidental complexity from the model itself compounds.


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