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[–] Acters@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I usually ask AI to summarize it and then I get a pretty good idea of what it was meant to do. It's just another tool to me. AI generated code sucks but it's nice when it's a quick summary.

[–] JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

This is a solid use of AI.

Basically the equivalent of saying "Take a look at these characters and run it against a huge database to see if you find anything similar with documentation of its purpose"