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The two best classes for me are definitely: - "things trivial to verify", so it doesn't matter if the answer is not correct - I can iterate/retry if needed and
by viraptor 2y ago
The two best classes for me are definitely:
- "things trivial to verify", so it doesn't matter if the answer is not correct - I can iterate/retry if needed and fallback to writing things myself, or
- "ideas generator", on the brainstorming level - maybe it's not correct, but I just want a kickstart with some directions for actual research/learning
Expecting perfect/correct results is going to lead to failure at this point, but it doesn't prevent usefulness.
- tptacek 2y agoRight, and it only needs to be right often enough that taking the time to ask it is positive EV. In practice, with the Linux kernel, it's more or less consistently right (I've noticed it's less right about other big open source codebases, which checks out, because there's a huge written record of kernel development for it to draw on).