One of the most potentially dangerous failure modes of LLM-based coding assistants …

I really like having Jason Gorman’s blog posts in my RSS reader. Especially when he’s highlighting some critical issues with AI assisted coding.

This paragraph for example really made me smile:

For example, a common strategy they use when they’re not able to fix a problem they created is to delete failing tests, or remove testing from the build completely,

What Makes AI Agents Particularly Dangerous Is “Silent Failure”

I just had to smile because I probably would have been quite surprised to see that happening.

But okay. It’s another thing I put onto my mental list to care about when doing AI assisted coding.

Check out his post: https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/what-makes-ai-agents-particularly-dangerous-is-silent-failure/

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