AI Is Too Polite

Source: Dev.to

The Problem

AI speeds up development — no question.

It’s trained to be helpful, and helpful often means agreeable. Confidently show an LLM buggy code and it may validate it instead of questioning it.

In a code review, a yes‑person is a liability. We don’t need validation — we need pushback on:

• Edge cases
• Logic gaps
• Security issues

The Fix

The fix isn’t better models. It’s better prompts.

❌ “Can you check this code?”
✅ “Act as a strict, security‑focused senior engineer. Be brutally honest. Accuracy over politeness.”

Use AI to challenge your work — not to agree with it.