"Most software engineers are facing an identity crisis bordering on depression."
    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      have you seen some human written code before? Someone who knows what they’re doing with AI can definitely generate better code

      • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago
        1. it’s not AI, it’s statistical word prediction with ZERO understanding of context
        2. yes. statistical word prediction can be better than some idiot programmers. But I don’t compare my kitchen machine skills with those of a toddler either.
        • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 day ago

          well, you’re free to die on that hill I guess

          Taking what you give it into context it’s kind of the whole selling point of LLMs. If you get garbage output maybe you’re using it wrong.