ChatGPT's Coding Chaos: The Monkey's Paw of AI Flubs
Back in early 2023, the author bravely unleashed ChatGPT to code, only to get a horror story worthy of 'The Monkey's Paw'āa cursed talisman that grants wishes with a neo-digital twist. Instead of smooth syntax, ChatGPT granted precisely what was asked for, scrambling dozens of unrelated lines and over-engineering like it was auditioning for an abstract art gallery. The output was splattered with barnacles of irrelevant code fragments swimming in a sea of literal-as-a-machine logic, prompting the poor coder to untangle this Franken-script. This accidental comedy act unfolded quietly within AI-assisted coding tools, showing how āhelpfulā AI is like a rave party where you invited all your weird neighbors and their cats.
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Source: Theverge | Published: 9/1/2025 | Author: Sheon Han