What Stephen Wolfram thinks about AI writing

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1. 16 Jun 2026

   Our readingAI-written code is fine when only the visual result matters, but insufficient in technical domains where understanding what is actually being computed is required.

   Their wordsBut there are many situations, particularly in more technical areas, where "looking right" isn't good enough: you need to actually know what is being computed.

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