6 ms·

What could go wrong? Use a technology that is notorious for outputting wrong information to write a script that is really hard to get it right and then later re

What could go wrong? Use a technology that is notorious for outputting wrong information to write a script that is really hard to get it right and then later reviewed by someone that can’t really understand it. At this point just use something else.

dinkleberg 3y ago
You say that likes writing code doesn’t involve experimentation in general. You can’t trust the code that that Chatgpt gives you, but you also can’t trust the code that even you write until you test it. It is always an iterative process. Why does it matter that some use AI tools as a starting point?
- dizhn 3y ago
  Either it gives you so much that you never learn anything of use from those iterations or it gives you too little that you might as well write it from scratch (and get better quickly).
- gabrielgio 3y ago
  > Why does it matter that some use AI tools as a starting point? I rather learn (or iterate) using a proper source of information (like a book, a blog post written by someone with actual knowledge, or even with a more experience coleague). At least for me it seems more productive.
  - KolenCh 3y ago
    Try pasting a piece of code you don't understand and ask LLM to explain it to you. Then try the same and find a human to explain it to you. Then compare the price (including money and time) and performance of both. I won't believe you made an objective assessment if your conclusion is that either party is the best solution all the time. The point is right now the number of occasions that AI has better price performance is large enough for it to be generally useful.
    - gabrielgio 3y ago
      > I won't believe you made an objective assessment Why even ask then? I have tried to use chatGPT a couple of time and many of those times it was wrong, to a point that if I ever use again I'd definitely double check the output(which makes me not bother using it in the first place). Cute that some people find it useful, I don't, it has no use for me in the state it is today.
- worksonmine 3y ago
  You can do a lot of irreversible damage with the shell, if you're unsure of how a line will behave don't run it.

dinkleberg 3y ago

You say that likes writing code doesn’t involve experimentation in general. You can’t trust the code that that Chatgpt gives you, but you also can’t trust the code that even you write until you test it. It is always an iterative process. Why does it matter that some use AI tools as a starting point?

dizhn 3y ago
Either it gives you so much that you never learn anything of use from those iterations or it gives you too little that you might as well write it from scratch (and get better quickly).
gabrielgio 3y ago
> Why does it matter that some use AI tools as a starting point? I rather learn (or iterate) using a proper source of information (like a book, a blog post written by someone with actual knowledge, or even with a more experience coleague). At least for me it seems more productive.
- KolenCh 3y ago
  Try pasting a piece of code you don't understand and ask LLM to explain it to you. Then try the same and find a human to explain it to you. Then compare the price (including money and time) and performance of both. I won't believe you made an objective assessment if your conclusion is that either party is the best solution all the time. The point is right now the number of occasions that AI has better price performance is large enough for it to be generally useful.
  - gabrielgio 3y ago
    > I won't believe you made an objective assessment Why even ask then? I have tried to use chatGPT a couple of time and many of those times it was wrong, to a point that if I ever use again I'd definitely double check the output(which makes me not bother using it in the first place). Cute that some people find it useful, I don't, it has no use for me in the state it is today.
worksonmine 3y ago
You can do a lot of irreversible damage with the shell, if you're unsure of how a line will behave don't run it.