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It seems like this is largely a matter of what you’re asking for. If you wanted to do more research into the state of the field, an AI might be pretty good at a
by skybrian 14d ago
It seems like this is largely a matter of what you’re asking for. If you wanted to do more research into the state of the field, an AI might be pretty good at answering your questions.
- jchanimal 14d agoYes, telling it that you want parsimonious solutions that reuse existing libraries makes a big difference. Why would it even try to do that sort of stuff if you didn’t ask?
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- Sharlin 14d agoBecause it should be smart. I mean, why would a human coder ever observe standard best practices unless the client specifically asks them to?
- vintermann 14d agoBut it won't tell you if you don't ask. It won't tell you, "This approach is stupid, Ada SPARK exists".
- Applejinx 14d agoWhy would any LLM 'think' in terms of trying to cite prior work? It itself is prior work. It's asking a fish to show where the water is. The fish can't imagine that absence, and the LLM can't imagine anything not being prior work.
- skybrian 14d agoNowadays AI chat often will do web searches and include links. It will do that more if you ask.