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I’ve only experienced the version of GPT that Bing chat provides, so take this with a grain of salt. After the initial wow factor wore off, I just don’t have a
by lockhouse 3y ago
I’ve only experienced the version of GPT that Bing chat provides, so take this with a grain of salt.
After the initial wow factor wore off, I just don’t have a lot of real world uses for AI chat bots.
- cm2187 3y agoI think it's great at simple technical questions, like "how do I do x in python". Hallucinations isn't really a problem since I am about to check if the solution works anyway.
- bandrami 3y agoThat's why I'm less apocalyptic about it than most people I read. The people who can realistically use it to write software are the same people who can currently write software.
- cm2187 3y agoThough a lot more people can read software than can write software. All kids are exposed to programming at school these days. They may not get proficient enough to write code or a query but will probably be able to read and adapt code.
- rsynnott 3y ago> Though a lot more people can read software than can write software. Huh? As someone who's been doing both for a couple of decades, I'd have said the opposite, really. All programmers, more or less by definition, can write software. Bad programmers, however, often can't read it.
- spideymans 3y agoYup. Senior engineers spend a lot more time reading software, than writing software. Juniors spend more time writing than reading.
- cm2187 3y agoWe are talking about a chatgpt response here, a snippet of code.
- rmilejczz 3y agoIt definitely helps me write more and better software
- BeetleB 3y agoApoplectic?
- bandrami 3y agoApocalyptic, as in predicting an apocalypse
- ReptileMan 3y agocode and sql queries.
- simion314 3y agoTry it with code, when you have some weird issue like something not working it does good at spotting typos that your eyes will run over; As an example I had code like el.style.display = "none;" the ; should have been after the " but my eyes could not spot the problem and the shit language did not complain since ; are optional.
- rightbyte 3y agoIsn't ';' a proper delimiter in CSS fields though?
- thelastparadise 3y agoThat sort of just makes it more insidious, no?
- mberning 3y agoI agree. I tried to use it for some basic programming questions in a language I was not familiar with and it made up so much stuff that wasted my time because it looked reasonable, but was fake.
- TillE 3y agoThey're super useful for any kind of creative brainstorming. Give it some background information, ask it for a list of ideas about X, make some refinements, etc. I think LLMs are pretty bad at producing any kind of finished material. They work best as something almost but not quite like a search engine.