db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 14 days agoThis is outrageous it's unfair!lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1382
arrow-up1382imageThis is outrageous it's unfair!lemmy.dbzer0.comdb0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 14 days agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareheavydust@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up53·14 days agoOr fix a simple syntax error. I’ve seen that a few times from juniors who thought they were too smart to learn, and it’s painful to watch.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 days agoYup, seeing that too. They’re all proud of the work they didn’t do, but the second there’s a syntax error they panic.
minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·14 days agoLLMs excel at fixing typos. That’s honestly the most useful aspect of them.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoWhich is also not a real use-case. Like, just check your work, you don’t need a tool for that. Hell I don’t even use spell-check because it’s just distracting, and it’s a fundamentally wrong way to think about language.
minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoYou don’t want to. Fine. Other people do. Fine.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 days agoPeople are being miseducated about what they can achieve by charlatans looking to make a quick buck before the hype bubble implodes, and the tech is helping cook the planet. It’s not “fine”.
minus-squarejackalope@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agothat’s a separate argument from “it’s not useful”.
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 days agoYou are not worth talking to.
Or fix a simple syntax error. I’ve seen that a few times from juniors who thought they were too smart to learn, and it’s painful to watch.
Yup, seeing that too. They’re all proud of the work they didn’t do, but the second there’s a syntax error they panic.
LLMs excel at fixing typos. That’s honestly the most useful aspect of them.
Which is also not a real use-case. Like, just check your work, you don’t need a tool for that.
Hell I don’t even use spell-check because it’s just distracting, and it’s a fundamentally wrong way to think about language.
You don’t want to. Fine. Other people do. Fine.
People are being miseducated about what they can achieve by charlatans looking to make a quick buck before the hype bubble implodes, and the tech is helping cook the planet.
It’s not “fine”.
that’s a separate argument from “it’s not useful”.
You are not worth talking to.