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Office software, CAD systems, Web Browsers, the list is long.

by xvilka 1y ago

diggan 1y ago
Microsoft (famously developing somewhat popular office-like software) seems to be going in the direction of almost forcing developers to use LLMs to assist with coding, at least going by what people are willing to admit publicly and seeing some GitHub activity. Google (made a small browser or something) also develops their own models, I don't think it's far fetched to imagine there is at least one developer on the Chrome/Chromium team that is trying to dogfood that stuff. As for Autodesk, I have no idea what they're up to, but corporate IT seems hellbent on killing themselves, not sure Autodesk would do anything differently so they're probably also trying to jam LLMs down their employees throats.
- bgwalter 1y ago
  Microsoft is also selling "AI", so they want headlines like "30% of our code is written by AI". So they force open source developers to babysit the tools and suffer. It's also an advertisement for potential "AI" military applications that they undoubtedly propose after the HoloLens failure: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23402195/microsoft-us-army-hololens-ar-goggles-internal-reports-failings-nausea-headaches https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23402195/microsoft-us-ar... The HoloLens failure is a great example of overhyped technology, just like the bunker busters that are now in the headlines for overpromising.
- e3bc54b2 1y ago
  'forcing' anybody to do anything means they don't like doing it, usually because it causes them more work or headache or discomfort. You know, the exact opposite of what AI providers are claiming it does.
- sensanaty 1y ago
  > Microsoft https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44050152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44050152 Very impressive indeed, not a single line of any quality to be found despite them forcing it on people.
  - diggan 1y ago
    Lets not change the goalpost, parent asked for any examples of software written with LLMs, and regardless if the output is quality or not, that is one example. Besides, Microsoft isn't really known for their high code quality, so I'm not even sure using even dumb LLMs/tools like Copilot would actually have a negative effect.
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Office software, CAD systems, Web Browsers, the list is long.

by xvilka 1y ago

Office software, CAD systems, Web Browsers, the list is long.

Microsoft (famously developing somewhat popular office-like software) seems to be going in the direction of almost forcing developers to use LLMs to assist with coding, at least going by what people are willing to admit publicly and seeing some GitHub activity. Google (made a small browser or something) also develops their own models, I don't think it's far fetched to imagine there is at least one developer on the Chrome/Chromium team that is trying to dogfood that stuff. As for Autodesk, I have no idea what they're up to, but corporate IT seems hellbent on killing themselves, not sure Autodesk would do anything differently so they're probably also trying to jam LLMs down their employees throats.

bgwalter 1y ago
Microsoft is also selling "AI", so they want headlines like "30% of our code is written by AI". So they force open source developers to babysit the tools and suffer. It's also an advertisement for potential "AI" military applications that they undoubtedly propose after the HoloLens failure: https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23402195/microsoft-us-army-hololens-ar-goggles-internal-reports-failings-nausea-headaches https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/13/23402195/microsoft-us-ar... The HoloLens failure is a great example of overhyped technology, just like the bunker busters that are now in the headlines for overpromising.
e3bc54b2 1y ago
'forcing' anybody to do anything means they don't like doing it, usually because it causes them more work or headache or discomfort. You know, the exact opposite of what AI providers are claiming it does.
sensanaty 1y ago
> Microsoft https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44050152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44050152 Very impressive indeed, not a single line of any quality to be found despite them forcing it on people.
- diggan 1y ago
  Lets not change the goalpost, parent asked for any examples of software written with LLMs, and regardless if the output is quality or not, that is one example. Besides, Microsoft isn't really known for their high code quality, so I'm not even sure using even dumb LLMs/tools like Copilot would actually have a negative effect.

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