Sure, but by randomly guessing code you’d get 0%. Getting 48% right is actually very impressive for an LLM compared to just a few years ago.
Exactly, I also find that it tends to do a pretty good job pointing you in the right direction. It’s way faster than googling or going through sites like stackoverflow because the answers are contextual. You can ask about a specific thing you want to do, and and an answer that gives you a general idea of what to do. For example, I’ve found it to be great for crafting complex sql queries. I don’t really care if the answer is perfect, as long as it gives me an idea of what I need to do.
For the upteenth time - an llm just puts words together, it isn’t a magic answer machine.
A parrot blabbing the theory of relativity doesn’t make it Einstein.
It’s been a tremendous help to me as I relearn how to code on some personal projects. I have written 5 little apps that are very useful to me for my hobbies.
It’s also been helpful at work with some random database type stuff.
But it definitely gets stuff wrong. A lot of stuff.
The funny thing is, if you point out its mistakes, it often does better on subsequent attempts. It’s more like an iterative process of refinement than one prompt gives you the final answer.
The funny thing is, if you point out its mistakes, it often does better on subsequent attempts.
Or it get stuck in an endless loop of two different but wrong solutions.
Me: This is my system, version x. I want to achieve this.
ChatGpt: Here’s the solution.
Me: But this only works with Version y of given system, not x
ChatGpt: <Apology> Try this.
Me: This is using a method that never existed in the framework.
ChatGpt: <Apology> <Gives first solution again>
- “Oh, I see the problem. In order to correct (what went wrong with the last implementation), we can (complete code re-implementation which also doesn’t work)”
- Goto 1
It was pretty good for a while! They lowered the power of it like immortan joe. Do not be come addicted to AI
If you become addicted to ChatGPT then that makes you a cloud cyborg
