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The idea that aggregate developer output is 50% improved by the simple existence of transformers seems to not pass my sniff test. I haven't seen any of my cowo
by boringuser2 3y ago
The idea that aggregate developer output is 50% improved by the simple existence of transformers seems to not pass my sniff test.
I haven't seen any of my coworkers improve their output in the past x years.
- justrealist 3y agoIt's easily true for me. Far more than 50% for someone doing simple React development or DS scripting.
- thefz 3y agoI still think that if your productivity is seriously impacted by chatGPT, you are easily replaceable as a programmer.
- jonplackett 3y agoI’m curious what job you are doing that you don’t feel chatGPT can help with?
- howrar 3y agoTalking about Copilot, not ChatGPT, but it saves so much time when it comes to boilerplate code, naming variables, writing comments/documentation/descriptive error messages. Things that are generally easier to read and verify than to write. The ability to do these things is not where my value lies as a programmer.
- justrealist 3y agoI mean that's kind of silly. Everyone doing "hard" work, whether it's a software engineer developing novel algorithms or a PI at a lab researching open questions spends at least 80% of their time grinding through operational necessities. Writing tests, writing grants, debugging... nobody is sitting a a chalkboard 100% focused on the bleeding edge. GPT turns that 80% into 40%. That's a lot!