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“They’re still more like weird, overconfident interns.” Perfect summary. LLMs can emit code fast but they don’t really handle code like developers do — there’s
by clayliu 1y ago
“They’re still more like weird, overconfident interns.”
Perfect summary. LLMs can emit code fast but they don’t really handle code like developers do — there’s no sense of spatial manipulation, no memory of where things live, no questions asked before moving stuff around. Until they can “copy-paste” both code and context with intent, they’ll stay great at producing snippets and terrible at collaborating.
- furyg3 1y agoThis is exactly how we describe them internally: the smartest interns in the world. I think it's because the chat box way of interacting with them is also similar to how you would talk to someone who just joined a team. "Hey it wasn't what you asked me to do but I went ahead and refactored this whole area over here while simultaneously screwing up the business logic because I have no comprehension of how users use the tool". "Um, ok but did you change the way notifications work like I asked". "Yes." "Notifications don't work anymore". "I'll get right on it".