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I'd be curious to see how a non expert could perform a non-trivial programming task using ChatGPT. It's good at writing code snippets which is occasionally usef

I'd be curious to see how a non expert could perform a non-trivial programming task using ChatGPT. It's good at writing code snippets which is occasionally useful. But give it a large program that has a bug which isn't a trivial syntax error, and it won't help you. > In programming you don't have to worry too much about hallucinations because it won't work at all if it hallucinates. You still have to worry for your job if you're unable to write a working program.

mrtksn 3y ago
Understanding on core principle is definitely needed, but it helps you to punch above your weight. Generally, generative AI gives mastery of an art to a theorists. To generate an impressive AI Art, you still need to have understanding of aesthetics and have an idea, but don't have to know how to use the graphic editors and other tools. It's quite similar for programming too, You still need understanding of whatever you're building, but you no longer have to be expert in using the tools. To build a mobile app you will need to have a grasp on how everything works in general, but you don't have to be expert in Swift or Kotlin.
raducu 3y ago
> give it a large program that has a bug which isn't a trivial syntax error, and it won't help you That's not fair, humans can't do that, and if you walk Chat GPT through it, it might surprise you with its debugging abilitis... or thankfully it might suck(so we still have a job). Complex code is complex code, no general inteligence thing will be able to fix it at first sight without running it, writing tests and so on.