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It's good, but if I looked at the man pages of ffmpeg I would have got the same result and learned something. My issue with ChatGPT is that you don't learn, you

It's good, but if I looked at the man pages of ffmpeg I would have got the same result and learned something. My issue with ChatGPT is that you don't learn, you get a solution but you still depend on that if you need it later. I don't mind when a solution is provided by an open-source framework, but I'm very cautious when this solution is given by a closed-source application from a random company.

JohnFen 4y ago
This is the problem with programming by SO or search engine. I think it's a terrible habit, and developers who do it are cheating their future selves. I truly understand the urge that "I just need an answer, right now!", but in chasing the quick fix, you aren't bettering yourself as a developer. And we all know that in our industry, if you aren't constantly improving, you're becoming worse.
- capableweb 4y ago
  I agree with you and I also started using ChatGPT a lot since the GPT4 release. I think there are different problems that needs different solutions. Sometimes I'm hacking around in a language I don't know and I don't want to know, I just have to fix/implement something in that language because program/library X happens to use that language. I don't really care about learning, I just want the damn problem solved. But then most of the times I spend in a language I expect myself to continue to use for a long time, then it makes sense to spend time coming up with a solution by myself through reading long manuals, other reference documentation or even purchasing books and working through them. But, it doesn't make sense to do that for everything.
gardenhedge 4y ago
Or another way to look at it is: it's not worth learning if you're just doing it once or twice. By the 10th time you've asked ChatGPT I presume some learning/remembering will take place.
- precompute 4y ago
  Except, if you don't learn how to invest time into learning how things work, even for one-off uses, you don't learn, period.
  - apineda 4y ago
    Perhaps in some cases but when you are curious about something you'll just drill down on it via repeating questions. Depends who you ask.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  You will remember the prompt you typed not the solution you copy/pasted
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JohnFen 4y ago

This is the problem with programming by SO or search engine. I think it's a terrible habit, and developers who do it are cheating their future selves. I truly understand the urge that "I just need an answer, right now!", but in chasing the quick fix, you aren't bettering yourself as a developer. And we all know that in our industry, if you aren't constantly improving, you're becoming worse.

capableweb 4y ago
I agree with you and I also started using ChatGPT a lot since the GPT4 release. I think there are different problems that needs different solutions. Sometimes I'm hacking around in a language I don't know and I don't want to know, I just have to fix/implement something in that language because program/library X happens to use that language. I don't really care about learning, I just want the damn problem solved. But then most of the times I spend in a language I expect myself to continue to use for a long time, then it makes sense to spend time coming up with a solution by myself through reading long manuals, other reference documentation or even purchasing books and working through them. But, it doesn't make sense to do that for everything.

gardenhedge 4y ago

Or another way to look at it is: it's not worth learning if you're just doing it once or twice. By the 10th time you've asked ChatGPT I presume some learning/remembering will take place.

precompute 4y ago
Except, if you don't learn how to invest time into learning how things work, even for one-off uses, you don't learn, period.
- apineda 4y ago
  Perhaps in some cases but when you are curious about something you'll just drill down on it via repeating questions. Depends who you ask.
ipaddr 4y ago
You will remember the prompt you typed not the solution you copy/pasted

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