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>>tablet+(OP)
One thing that I find truly amazing is just the simple fact that you can now be fuzzy with the input you give a computer, and get something meaningful in return. Like, as someone who grew up learning to code in the 90s it always seemed like science fiction that we'd get to a point where you could give a computer some vague human level instructions and get it more or less do what you want.

>>gdubs+Z
It's mind blowing. At least 1-2x/week I find myself shocked that this is the reality we live in

>>csalle+z1
Today I had a dentist appointment and the dentist suggested I switch toothpaste lines to see if something else works for my sensitivity better.

I am predisposed to canker sores and if I use a toothpaste with SLS in it I'll get them. But a lot of the SLS free toothpastes are new age hippy stuff and is also fluoride free.

I went to chatgpt and asked it to suggest a toothpaste that was both SLS free and had fluoride. Pretty simple ask right?

It came back with two suggestions. It's top suggestion had SLS, it's backup suggestion lacked fluoride.

Yes, it is mind blowing the world we live in. Executives want to turn our code bases over to these tools

>>malfis+Y5
“an LLM made a mistake once, that’s why I don’t use it to code” is exactly the kind of irrelevant FUD that TFA is railing against.

Anyone not learning to use these tools well (and cope with and work around their limitations) is going to be left in the dust in months, perhaps weeks. It’s insane how much utility they have.

>>sneak+07
I see this FOMO "left in the dust" sentiment a lot, and I don't get it. You know it doesn't take long to learn how to use these tools, right?

>>creata+9G
it actually does if you want to do serious work.

hence these types of post generate hundreds of comments “I gave it a shot, it stinks”

>>bdangu+GG
I like how the post itself says "if hallucinations are your problem, your language sucks".

Yes sir, I know language sucks, there isnt anything I can do about that. There was nothing I could do at one point to convince claude that you should not use floating point math in kernel c code.

But hey, what do I know.

>>worthl+kO
Did saying to Claude "do not use floating point math in this code" not work?