AI Slop Isn't a Model Problem

I was having a drink with a friend last weekend and the topic turned to AI - particularly about why so much AI-generated code is just slop. Does it work? Sure (well, most of the time). But it&rsquo;s hard to understand, hard to maintain, and often not written in a way that&rsquo;s easy to test. You take one look at it and know you&rsquo;re going to be paying for it later.