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Almost every “Copy-Paste from SO” answer was accompanied with lots of caveats from other human commentators. This feedback loop is sorely missing with LLM codin
by FlyingSnake 2y ago
Almost every “Copy-Paste from SO” answer was accompanied with lots of caveats from other human commentators. This feedback loop is sorely missing with LLM coding assistants.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoLLMs literally read all that commentary in training, so they're taking it into account, not regurgitating the top-voted answer from SO. They're arguably better at this than junior devs.
- ben_w 2y agoWhile LLMs are better at reading the surrounding context, I am not convinced they are particularly good at taking it on board (compared to an adult human, obviously fantastic compared to any previous NLP). Biggest failure mode I experience with LLMs is a very human-like pattern, what looks like corresponding with an interlocutor who absolutely does not understand a core point you raised 5 messages earlier and have re-emphasised on each incorrect response: -- >>> x >> y > not y, x oh, right, I see… y -- etc.
- JohnMakin 2y agoThat isn’t how they work and that’s probably why you’re being downvoted