The general opinion on the post seems to be justifiably negative. I have s few things where AI has helped and one where I'm not sure how i could have done it be

The general opinion on the post seems to be justifiably negative. I have s few things where AI has helped and one where I'm not sure how i could have done it before. 1. It's great to cure "starting trouble" 2. A specific case is to brainstorm ways to layout libraries to handle cases. 3. When I code, using an AI completer is usually faster than looking up docs but with lsp and familiarity with the language, it's not that great. 4. When I'm setting up new software for the first time, i give the AI a few blog posts and books and then have it guide me through while explaining concepts. 5. As a Google substitute to look for things. I get clear answers for most things which aren't too complex. 6. I've used it to explain concepts to me. eg. the difference between ac and dc current. 7. I've used it to create throwaway apps which i don't care about maintaining. 8. I wanted to get a copy a proprietary program to integrate into my application. I couldn't get it. I had an LLM create s dummy version which produces the same output and did my integration. It more or less worked when I substituted with the real tool. As for the hype, yeah.. Genuinely s problem but there's some meat in there.