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small degree of supervision is the same thing as saying "highly autonomous", just not fully autonomous. "can't do systems with even a slight degree of autonomy
by paulmd 4y ago
small degree of supervision is the same thing as saying "highly autonomous", just not fully autonomous.
"can't do systems with even a slight degree of autonomy" is a complete inversion of the statement here lol.
it's like saying it's not even worth having junior coders or underling copywriters because you have to proof-read their output. Sure but that's still a huge force multiplier. IDEs don't generate correct output if you misuse them either, they'll happily do the wrong thing.
- mjr00 4y agoThe point, I think, is that a lot of the speculation about what ChatGPT will do is operating under the assumption that it's fully autonomous, not highly autonomous. Which is quite a gulf. A highly autonomous LLM used to generate code can be used as a productivity enhancer by software developers. A fully autonomous one could be used to eliminate software developers entirely. A fully autonomous LLM lets me send out daily personalized marketing emails to every user who signs up for my service. A highly autonomous one requires me to spend time reviewing, which limits how many emails I can send out, though it still boosts my productivity.