# Engineers Should Take Responsibility for Bugs in AI-Generated Code

DevFeed: [Engineers Should Take Responsibility for Bugs in AI-Generated Code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-didn-t-write-that-bug-33438.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/09/24/ownership>)

Published: 2024-09-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [Git](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/git.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/trust.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [autonomous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomous.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [commit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commit.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [junior](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/junior.md>), [management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/management.md>), [manager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manager.md>), [solve](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/solve.md>), [support](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/support.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trust.md>), [value](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/value.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that engineers remain accountable for bugs in code generated with AI. It says attributing defects to AI reduces an engineer's perceived value, and that responsible use requires testing, judgment, and ownership.

## Source excerpt

AI didn't write that bug. If you're name is on the commit in Git, you wrote the bug.