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This is a false dichotomy. I'm acutely aware of ChatGPT's mistakes, have spent lots of time investigating them, and still find immense value in the tool. Whil

by jonahx 4y ago

This is a false dichotomy. I'm acutely aware of ChatGPT's mistakes, have spent lots of time investigating them, and still find immense value in the tool. While it's true that many less technical people will end up treating it as an oracle, let's not conclude that it's impossible to understand what it is and use it productively despite its flaws.

PaulHoule 4y ago
I’ve frequently been the ‘final assembly programmer’ for projects that were started by some fresher that got to what looked like 90% done by management but it was unsound underneath and that last 10% took 50% or more of the work. There is nothing I find more fatiguing than pushing a bubble around underneath a rug in a system that eventually has to be carefully taken and inspected bit by bot and a huge amount of work put into figuring out what exactly is wrong with it and fixing it. I’m afraid the ChatGPT enthusiast is going to walk away from a looming disaster thinking they and ChaptGPT is so brilliant, probably never realize the harm they did, and if they do they’ll be contemptuous of the low-status ‘grinds’ who take so long to make things right.
- jonahx 4y ago
  > There is nothing I find more fatiguing than pushing a bubble around underneath a rug in a system that eventually has to be carefully taken and inspected bit by bot Couldn't agree more > I’m afraid the ChatGPT enthusiast is going to walk away from a looming disaster thinking they and ChaptGPT is so brilliant Also agree. But none of this detracts from ChatGPT's value or incredible power. It just means that it will also cause many problems. Maybe once you net everything out the balance sheet is negative. I think you could make that argument for social media, for example. But the point is moot, because it's here, and its influence is only beginning.

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This is a false dichotomy. I'm acutely aware of ChatGPT's mistakes, have spent lots of time investigating them, and still find immense value in the tool. Whil

by jonahx 4y ago

PaulHoule 4y ago
I’ve frequently been the ‘final assembly programmer’ for projects that were started by some fresher that got to what looked like 90% done by management but it was unsound underneath and that last 10% took 50% or more of the work. There is nothing I find more fatiguing than pushing a bubble around underneath a rug in a system that eventually has to be carefully taken and inspected bit by bot and a huge amount of work put into figuring out what exactly is wrong with it and fixing it. I’m afraid the ChatGPT enthusiast is going to walk away from a looming disaster thinking they and ChaptGPT is so brilliant, probably never realize the harm they did, and if they do they’ll be contemptuous of the low-status ‘grinds’ who take so long to make things right.
- jonahx 4y ago
  > There is nothing I find more fatiguing than pushing a bubble around underneath a rug in a system that eventually has to be carefully taken and inspected bit by bot Couldn't agree more > I’m afraid the ChatGPT enthusiast is going to walk away from a looming disaster thinking they and ChaptGPT is so brilliant Also agree. But none of this detracts from ChatGPT's value or incredible power. It just means that it will also cause many problems. Maybe once you net everything out the balance sheet is negative. I think you could make that argument for social media, for example. But the point is moot, because it's here, and its influence is only beginning.