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Tech books will still be useful in the future in a few ways: - When you're first learning a topic, ChatGPT isn't as useful because you don't really know what q
by mindwok 3y ago
Tech books will still be useful in the future in a few ways:
- When you're first learning a topic, ChatGPT isn't as useful because you don't really know what questions to ask. It's useful to get a broad overview guided by an expert so you can learn the concepts, and more importantly the vocabulary, which you can then use to dive deeper into parts you're interested in with ChatGPT.
- For really new stuff, ChatGPT obviously won't have any training data. So the books will be the only real resource until the models are updated.
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- hot_gril 3y agoFor new things, ChatGPT is a big improvement over internet searches because of how it can generate examples and respond to followup questions. I've been able to ramp up insanely quickly on new tools with it. Even before CGPT existed, I've always felt like online searches/examples can get me 75% of the way there (i.e. good enough) in way less time than reading a book. As nice as the O'Reilly media is, I've got too many tools to learn on the job and not enough time to read dozens of books.
- adfm 3y agoO'Reilly transformed into a learning platform a while back. They still publish books, which are great for going deep, but their selling point is that you get unlimited access to a good chunk of the tech publishers' books, videos, live events, etc., and it's all searchable. ChatGPT will give you specific answers if you know what to ask, but personally, I'd rather learn from the experts building it. It might seem spendy, but chances are your company already has an account and you just need to ask around for access or if you're indy, they usually have yearly promos. I think it's about what you'd typically spend monthly on books.
- hot_gril 3y agoYeah, that makes a lot more sense than the books for the situation I tend to be in.