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Please elaborate on what you think the issues will be? Why read documentation when you can simply ask questions and get better contextualised answers faster? Wh

Please elaborate on what you think the issues will be? Why read documentation when you can simply ask questions and get better contextualised answers faster? Whatever edge issues manifest they will be eclipsed by greater productivity.

stavros 2y ago
Because back in my day, we convinced ourselves that the effort was the goal, not the result.
- TeMPOraL 2y ago
  It was also fun, though. Unfortunately, taking up programming as a career is a quick way to become disillusioned about what matters (or at least what you're being paid for).
indeyets 2y ago
Because learning improves your internal LLM which allows you to creatively solve tasks without using external ones. Additionally it is possible to fine tune your internal LLM for the tasks useful for your specific interests, the fun stuff. And external llms are too generalised
- solumunus 2y ago
  I ask questions to AI and learn exactly what I need to learn. Perplexity gives me sources to verify or expand upon the answers. I’m getting better information and I’m getting it faster, what am I losing? I’ve experienced it both ways and I’m telling you without doubt that AI is enhancing my productivity significantly. It’s hard for me to believe that I’m an edge case.
aa-jv 2y ago
The issue is, glib understanding replaces actual application. Its one thing to have the AI work through the materials and explain it. Its another thing to have lost a lot of the background information required to sustain that explanation. Greater productivity, is of course, a subjective measure. If that's all that matters, then being glib is perfectly acceptable. But, the value of that productivity may change in a different context - for example, I find it very difficult to go back to AI-generated code some months later, and understand it - unless I already took the time earlier to discern the details.
- solumunus 2y ago
  I guess context matters. I rarely use AI to generate code outside of the automatic suggestions my IDE gives me in my own coding style (my full time work is a code base almost entirely my own). What I use it for heavily is anything I previously used Google and documentation before, and in that context the AI solution is significantly better and it’s not even close.

stavros 2y ago

Because back in my day, we convinced ourselves that the effort was the goal, not the result.

TeMPOraL 2y ago
It was also fun, though. Unfortunately, taking up programming as a career is a quick way to become disillusioned about what matters (or at least what you're being paid for).

indeyets 2y ago

Because learning improves your internal LLM which allows you to creatively solve tasks without using external ones. Additionally it is possible to fine tune your internal LLM for the tasks useful for your specific interests, the fun stuff. And external llms are too generalised

solumunus 2y ago
I ask questions to AI and learn exactly what I need to learn. Perplexity gives me sources to verify or expand upon the answers. I’m getting better information and I’m getting it faster, what am I losing? I’ve experienced it both ways and I’m telling you without doubt that AI is enhancing my productivity significantly. It’s hard for me to believe that I’m an edge case.

aa-jv 2y ago

The issue is, glib understanding replaces actual application. Its one thing to have the AI work through the materials and explain it. Its another thing to have lost a lot of the background information required to sustain that explanation. Greater productivity, is of course, a subjective measure. If that's all that matters, then being glib is perfectly acceptable. But, the value of that productivity may change in a different context - for example, I find it very difficult to go back to AI-generated code some months later, and understand it - unless I already took the time earlier to discern the details.

solumunus 2y ago
I guess context matters. I rarely use AI to generate code outside of the automatic suggestions my IDE gives me in my own coding style (my full time work is a code base almost entirely my own). What I use it for heavily is anything I previously used Google and documentation before, and in that context the AI solution is significantly better and it’s not even close.