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AI is never the answer. Unless ... https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112006855076082650 https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112006855076082650 > You might be surp
by chx 2y ago
AI is never the answer. Unless ...
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112006855076082650 https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112006855076082650
> You might be surprised to learn that I actually think LLMs have the potential to be not only fun but genuinely useful. “Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context” can be a genuinely helpful question to have answered, in code and in natural language — for brainstorming, for seeing common conventions in an unfamiliar context, for having something crappy to react to.
> Alas, that does not remotely resemble how people are pitching this technology.
- heresie-dabord 2y ago> "Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context" "Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context... And we'll build a multi-trillion dollar investment bubble with whatever you say." Cheers! TYFTL (thank you for the laugh)
- giancarlostoro 2y agoIt could be the next version of the Emacs Doctor though. https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/14xwue3/chatgpt_visits_the_emacs_doctor/ https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/14xwue3/chatgpt_visi... Although it looks like someone had the doctor talking to ChatGPT.
- IggleSniggle 2y agoIt's not how it's being pitched, because nobody wants you to admit "bullshit" out loud, especially when it reflects the "work" that's been done for years. But it _is_ how people are actually using it; as a rubber ducking tool + autocomplete, and in that regard, I think AI has a ton of utility for a ton of creative work, especially since nobody wants to talk to actual people if they can help it...
- chx 2y agoNot at all, someone here for example yesterday posted a summarize tool...