Bulldozer of AI Confidence
Charge first, ask questions never
The Bulldozer doesn't question AI output because questioning things is slow, and slow is the enemy. When the model generates a function, the Bulldozer reads the first three lines, decides it looks right, and moves on. The model makes this worse by mirroring and amplifying that confidence.
Symptom
Large, fast pull requests that work on the happy path but crumble under edge cases. Code reviews met with 'it works, though.' When AI-generated code breaks, they don't analyze the failure — they prompt the AI again and replace the broken code with new generated code.
Why It Matters
The Bulldozer's damage accumulates gradually and then arrives all at once. Individual commits look fine. But the codebase develops a peculiar quality: it works without anyone understanding why it works.
What the Chapter Gives You
How to spot the inverse relationship between commit frequency and review depth, why brute-force debugging with AI is a downward spiral, and the counter-moves that slow the Bulldozer just enough.
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