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Still, it's a tool that requires human input. Similarly how Photoshop didn't make artists obsolete, it elevated the trade to a new level and capabilities.

passion__desire 4y ago
"And what would excite me about actually the birth of superintelligent AI - one of the things, apart from solving obvious problems like curing disease and energy issues and all the rest, perhaps differs a little bit with what Stuart said. I’m not so worried about idiocracy or all of us just losing our way as apes and living unproductive lives in dialogue with these oracles. I think actually, I would want a truly value-aligned superintelligence to incrementally show us, not merely conserve what we want, but show us what we should want to keep improving our values so that we can navigate in the space of all possible experiences and converge on better and better ones." - Sam Harris Source : https://youtu.be/h0962biiZa4?t=2486 https://youtu.be/h0962biiZa4?t=2486
rightbyte 4y ago
It is probably an excellent learning tool. You can show it code and it will point of the bugs. void sort_string(char *str, int backwards) { // Get the length of the string int len = strlen(str); // Use a bubble sort algorithm to sort the string for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < len - i; j++) { // If the current character is greater than the next character (or less than, if sorting backwards), swap them if ((backwards && str[j] < str[i + 1]) || (!backwards && str[j] > str[i + 1])) { char temp = str[j]; str[j] = str[j + 1]; str[j + 1] = temp; } } } } Will yield: "The sort_string() function contains two bugs. The first bug is in the inner loop conditional statement [...] The second bug is in the termination condition of the inner loop." and a detailed explanation of the fix and what the problems are. The problem is that the working market might be flooded by this since way more people will be able to code ... Github Co-pilot is nowhere near this.
- ricardobayes 4y ago
  Yes, it seems useful for advanced learners who might actually have questions. It probably can't teach you from scratch yet.
  - drivers99 4y ago
    I asked it to write a Forth function to do something and when it used commands (words) I didn’t know I asked it what those did. Seems useful for learning. The problem I see is you never know for sure when it’s bluffing about a fact.
- ascorbic 4y ago
  > Github Co-pilot is nowhere near this. They're both based on GPT-3. The difference is that Copilot's model is trained on a lot more code. I'd be amazed if Copilot doesn't have a super-linter soon that can find and fix these kind of bugs.
timeon 4y ago
Photoshop didn't make artists obsolete but i.e. rendering software did many people obsolete.

passion__desire 4y ago

"And what would excite me about actually the birth of superintelligent AI - one of the things, apart from solving obvious problems like curing disease and energy issues and all the rest, perhaps differs a little bit with what Stuart said. I’m not so worried about idiocracy or all of us just losing our way as apes and living unproductive lives in dialogue with these oracles. I think actually, I would want a truly value-aligned superintelligence to incrementally show us, not merely conserve what we want, but show us what we should want to keep improving our values so that we can navigate in the space of all possible experiences and converge on better and better ones." - Sam Harris Source : https://youtu.be/h0962biiZa4?t=2486 https://youtu.be/h0962biiZa4?t=2486

rightbyte 4y ago

It is probably an excellent learning tool. You can show it code and it will point of the bugs. void sort_string(char *str, int backwards) { // Get the length of the string int len = strlen(str); // Use a bubble sort algorithm to sort the string for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < len - i; j++) { // If the current character is greater than the next character (or less than, if sorting backwards), swap them if ((backwards && str[j] < str[i + 1]) || (!backwards && str[j] > str[i + 1])) { char temp = str[j]; str[j] = str[j + 1]; str[j + 1] = temp; } } } } Will yield: "The sort_string() function contains two bugs. The first bug is in the inner loop conditional statement [...] The second bug is in the termination condition of the inner loop." and a detailed explanation of the fix and what the problems are. The problem is that the working market might be flooded by this since way more people will be able to code ... Github Co-pilot is nowhere near this.

ricardobayes 4y ago
Yes, it seems useful for advanced learners who might actually have questions. It probably can't teach you from scratch yet.
- drivers99 4y ago
  I asked it to write a Forth function to do something and when it used commands (words) I didn’t know I asked it what those did. Seems useful for learning. The problem I see is you never know for sure when it’s bluffing about a fact.
ascorbic 4y ago
> Github Co-pilot is nowhere near this. They're both based on GPT-3. The difference is that Copilot's model is trained on a lot more code. I'd be amazed if Copilot doesn't have a super-linter soon that can find and fix these kind of bugs.

timeon 4y ago

Photoshop didn't make artists obsolete but i.e. rendering software did many people obsolete.