How Can AI Affect Code Quality

#AI Alignment

On the one hand, we get a unique chance to improve/rewrite legacy codebases with the help of AI. A thing that AI does essentially well is making simple (but massive) changes, based on the provided example. It gives a new breath to the legacy codebases that have been accumulating for decades. Refactoring that was previously considered a nightmare can now be handled as a weekend vibe-coding session.

On the other hand, we can now create (and will) an infinite shitload of code that nobody knows how to manage or maintain. Basically, it's an entirely different kind of "legacy" that has to be dealt with.