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AMD's AI director slams Claude Code for becoming dumber and lazier since last update

AMD's AI director reports quantified Claude Code degradation since February—laziness metrics spiked 10x while code-reading frequency dropped 67% across 6,852 engineering sessions, with community corroboration of reliability issues.

Monday, April 6, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline

AMD's AI director Stella Laurenzo reported that Claude Code has degraded significantly since February, becoming unreliable for complex engineering tasks. Her team's analysis of 6,852 sessions shows laziness metrics spike to 10/day (from zero) and code-reading frequency dropped from 6.6 to 2 reads per task; similar complaints from senior engineers and community corroborate the issue.

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