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Sounds like a slot machine. Insert api tokens, get something that's pretty close to right, insert more tokens and hope it works this time.
by SchemaLoad 1y ago
Sounds like a slot machine. Insert api tokens, get something that's pretty close to right, insert more tokens and hope it works this time.
- resonious 1y agoExcept the tokens you insert have meaning, and some yield better results than others. Not like a slot machine at all, really. Last I checked, those only have 1 possible input, no way to improve your odds.
- saagarjha 1y agoOk so it's poker rather than a slot machine
- resonious 1y agoYes I accept this analogy!
- kmacdough 1y agoNot really, it's not a zero-sum game. You're not competing against anything, you're working with something. It's just a tool that takes practice, has some variability and isn't free. Like most things in life. More like buying corn or having friends.
- speed_spread 1y agoPoker takes practice, has variability and isn't free. In fact it's the only game I know of that's pointlessly boring without money on the table. LLM workflow is competing with other ways of writing code. DIY, stack overflow, paired, offshored...
- TimTheTinker 1y ago> pointlessly boring without money on the table. I bought a bunch of poker chips and taught Texas Hold'em to my kids. We have a fantastic time playing with no money on the line, just winning or losing the game based on who wins all the chips.
- speed_spread 1y agoGive them enough time and they'll realize they can trade poker chips for other things.
- Aeolun 1y agoThat’s fine if your expectations are consummate.
- PaulHoule 1y agoHow's that different from a human developer? Give the same task to different developers and you'll get different levels of correctness and quality. Give the task to the same developer on different days and it is the same.
- amradio1989 1y agoIts a lot faster to give a task to an ai agent than a developer. The agent is always at their desk, always listening, and will immediately prioritize whatever you tell it to do. An ai agent always has capacity, does not have competing priorities, nor does it have ideas about what does or does not fall within their "scope of work".