Kyle Kingsbury reflects on how LLMs erode trust in documentation, software, and the organizations that produce them, noting that traditional signals of system maturity are now easier to counterfeit. He raises the challenge for maintainers to both ensure correct software and convincingly demonstrate its quality to users.
Background
Kyle Kingsbury is known for his Jepsen work on distributed system correctness and consistency. This quote appears on Simon Willison's blog as part of commentary on the broader impact of AI-generated content on software reliability.
- Source
- Simon Willison
- Published
- Nov 2, 2026 at 12:49 AM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10