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> I find it problematic that AlphaCode dredges up relevant code fragments from its training data, without fully understanding the reasoning for the fragments.
by happyopossum 4y ago
> I find it problematic that AlphaCode dredges up relevant code fragments from its training data, without fully understanding the reasoning for the fragments.
As a non-programmer who has to ‘code’ occasionally, this is literally what I do, but it takes me hours or days to hammer out a few hundred lines of crap python. Using a generative model or llm that can write equally crappy scripts in seconds feels like a HUUUGE win for my use cases.
- peteradio 4y agoA lazy ineffective person is preferable over a prodigious idiot.
- lioeters 4y agoReminds me of the quote: > There are four types of officer: the clever and lazy, the clever and industrious, the stupid and lazy, and the stupid and industrious. > The clever and lazy you make Chief of Staff, because he will not try to do everybody else’s work, and will always have time to think. > The clever and industrious you make his deputy. > The stupid and lazy you put into a line battalion, and kick him into doing a job of work. > The stupid and industrious you must get rid of at once, because he is a national danger.
- happyopossum 4y agoNot sure which one you’re calling me The reality is that there’s a huge gap of scripting needed in todays world that sits between “print ‘hello world’” and something worth paying a professional SWE to write. You folks don’t always see this from inside your bubble, but there is a world of automation and computing problems that are solved by people who can make it work, and not by people paid to make it work well.
- hgsgm 4y ago