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I am currently doing some difficult work that involves figuring out the right computational geometry algorithms to apply to my dataset in order to get the answe

I am currently doing some difficult work that involves figuring out the right computational geometry algorithms to apply to my dataset in order to get the answers my users need in a reasonable time. ChatGPT is of no use to me there. When I need to ask for boilerplate code for fetching a web resource or using a well-defined API, ChatGPT is great. ChatGPT has made the mundane plumbing a lot easier. It is a threat to plumbers at this point. Many of those plumbers are now freed up to do more valuable work. I am happy to have it, so I can focus on higher value work. If your only skill is at this kind of low level plumbing, you are in danger. But I doubt this is the case for most.

UncleEntity 4y ago
> ChatGPT is of no use to me there. Today. What happens when it understands computational geometry and can calculate an optimal strategy to apply it to a dataset and end goal you provide?
- mcculley 4y ago
  I will be happy to provide value higher up instead of dealing with this frustrating problem. I want the answer, not the code that generates the answer. I am writing that code now because it does not exist yet. So far, I have only had ChatGPT give me answers that can be derived from existing code. Regardless, I look forward to it being smarter. (My intuition is that ChatGPT, like all technologies before it, will end up making more wealth and more jobs possible.)
LouisSayers 4y ago
Have you tried it with the Wolfram plugin?
- mcculley 4y ago
  Yes, and Wolfram/Mathematic is great when I have figured out which algorithm to use. ChatGPT may even soon help me discover the potential algorithms. It is not helpful to me for that today.
RivieraKid 4y ago
Are you using GPT 3.5 or GPT-4? It's a huge difference.
- mcculley 4y ago
  I am using GPT-4. It is much better. But I still haven’t had it suggest any new algorithms. It just riffs on what it was trained on, as expected.

UncleEntity 4y ago

> ChatGPT is of no use to me there. Today. What happens when it understands computational geometry and can calculate an optimal strategy to apply it to a dataset and end goal you provide?

mcculley 4y ago
I will be happy to provide value higher up instead of dealing with this frustrating problem. I want the answer, not the code that generates the answer. I am writing that code now because it does not exist yet. So far, I have only had ChatGPT give me answers that can be derived from existing code. Regardless, I look forward to it being smarter. (My intuition is that ChatGPT, like all technologies before it, will end up making more wealth and more jobs possible.)

LouisSayers 4y ago

Have you tried it with the Wolfram plugin?

mcculley 4y ago
Yes, and Wolfram/Mathematic is great when I have figured out which algorithm to use. ChatGPT may even soon help me discover the potential algorithms. It is not helpful to me for that today.

RivieraKid 4y ago

Are you using GPT 3.5 or GPT-4? It's a huge difference.

mcculley 4y ago
I am using GPT-4. It is much better. But I still haven’t had it suggest any new algorithms. It just riffs on what it was trained on, as expected.