papersSEP 10 04:00 UTC
Study Examines the Dynamics of Iterative Bug-Fixing with LLMs in Code Review
A new arXiv paper studies what happens when developers repeatedly delegate bug fixing to large language models, including cases where each model output is used without close human inspection. The research is motivated by the growing reliance on LLM-based automated program repair tools in code review workflows. As its title suggests, the authors argue that applying model-generated fixes to code that is not actually buggy can be counterproductive.