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> Trust but verify... Based on my own attempts to have ChatGPT generate code for me, it's better to NOT trust it. It tends to hilucinate even with simple requi

by chank 3y ago

> Trust but verify... Based on my own attempts to have ChatGPT generate code for me, it's better to NOT trust it. It tends to hilucinate even with simple requirements.

apples_oranges 3y ago
I think they should use a different name altogether for chatGPT 4 as it is very different and superior to 3.5. And when people say chatGPT doesn't work for me, I would like to know which one they tried.
- ben_w 3y ago
  Mm. One of the cases where cute corporate names for each version would actually help. GPT: Alice; GPT-2: Bob; GPT-3: Carol; GPT-3.5: Mountain Carol; GPT-4: Dallas; …; GPT-19: Sydney
  - danielbln 3y ago
    They did that for a while during the GPT-3 days, Ada, Babbage and Davinci all were/are different variations of GPT-3.
- ducharmdev 3y ago
  I was chatting with someone I know that has a paid subscription for ChatGPT 4. I was venting about the hallucinations I was getting for a certain problem; they mentioned how much better v4 is, and proceeded to plug my prompt into it. The answer it gave was actually a more blatant lie compared to the responses I got from v3.5.
- paulmooreparks 3y ago
  I've been seeing this "try ChatGPT 4" advice all over HN. I am using 4, and it still hallucinates and generates quite useless code. It's only marginally better in my experience.
agentcoops 3y ago
If you're already a programmer, there's no excuse for not working directly with the APIs. Learn about context and prosper.
- rokhayakebe 3y ago
  How are you using the APIs?
- MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
  > there's no excuse for not working directly with the APIs You mean other than the fact that it costs money?
  - agentcoops 3y ago
    Certainly, but GPT3.5 is effectively free via the API, especially considering you have to hit $5 or whatever to even be as expensive as ChatGPT (and it's even relatively difficult to rack up a high bill on GPT4 now that they have token rate limits). The problem of general and global access to unrestricted LLMs is a very, very serious question, but here it's largely a question of engineers and, since it's relatively difficult to spend more than a Netflix subscription via the API, I'm assuming this is conceivably in budget.
- hxugufjfjf 3y ago
  There is one. OpenAI has not yet given you access (waitlist).

by chank 3y ago

> Trust but verify... Based on my own attempts to have ChatGPT generate code for me, it's better to NOT trust it. It tends to hilucinate even with simple requirements.

apples_oranges 3y ago

I think they should use a different name altogether for chatGPT 4 as it is very different and superior to 3.5. And when people say chatGPT doesn't work for me, I would like to know which one they tried.

ben_w 3y ago
Mm. One of the cases where cute corporate names for each version would actually help. GPT: Alice; GPT-2: Bob; GPT-3: Carol; GPT-3.5: Mountain Carol; GPT-4: Dallas; …; GPT-19: Sydney
- danielbln 3y ago
  They did that for a while during the GPT-3 days, Ada, Babbage and Davinci all were/are different variations of GPT-3.
ducharmdev 3y ago
I was chatting with someone I know that has a paid subscription for ChatGPT 4. I was venting about the hallucinations I was getting for a certain problem; they mentioned how much better v4 is, and proceeded to plug my prompt into it. The answer it gave was actually a more blatant lie compared to the responses I got from v3.5.
paulmooreparks 3y ago
I've been seeing this "try ChatGPT 4" advice all over HN. I am using 4, and it still hallucinates and generates quite useless code. It's only marginally better in my experience.

agentcoops 3y ago

If you're already a programmer, there's no excuse for not working directly with the APIs. Learn about context and prosper.

rokhayakebe 3y ago
How are you using the APIs?
MetaWhirledPeas 3y ago
> there's no excuse for not working directly with the APIs You mean other than the fact that it costs money?
- agentcoops 3y ago
  Certainly, but GPT3.5 is effectively free via the API, especially considering you have to hit $5 or whatever to even be as expensive as ChatGPT (and it's even relatively difficult to rack up a high bill on GPT4 now that they have token rate limits). The problem of general and global access to unrestricted LLMs is a very, very serious question, but here it's largely a question of engineers and, since it's relatively difficult to spend more than a Netflix subscription via the API, I'm assuming this is conceivably in budget.
hxugufjfjf 3y ago
There is one. OpenAI has not yet given you access (waitlist).