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Comment · 7 months ago
lol did you even read my post, dude?
Comment · 7 months ago
Yes it is. There’s a reason why university knowledge is gated. And was gated for centuries.

Can’t believe I have to explain simple stuff.

Comment · 7 months ago
You’re writing novels when if you had something compelling to show it’d be simple and easy.

If you can’t make it simple and easy… then you haven’t understood it at all. All geniuses refer to this as the standard by which one understands something. Whether it’s Steve Jobs or Einstein. So don’t get mad. Show us all how simple and easy it is. If you can’t.. then accept you’re full of it and don’t quite get it as well as you claim. Not rocket science is it?

But here we are. And actually my project is going to create the future. You’re a bozo programmer who creates the future that others already see. Know your role and don’t speak for others like me who are in the position of choosing who gets hired.

Comment · 8 months ago
I’m not a SWE by trade so I could care less about your last comment.

But again this is all… vague. I’m personally not convinced at all.

I’ll be hiring for a large project soon, so I’ll see for myself what benefits (well I care about net benefits) these tools are providing in the workplace.

Comment · 8 months ago
You’ve hit the nail on the head.

I characterise llm’s as being black boxes that are filled with a dense pool of digital resources - that with the correct prompt you can draw out a mix of resources to produce an output.

But if the mix of resources you need isn’t there - it won’t work. This isn’t limited to just text. This also applies with video models - llms work better for prompts in which you are trying to get material that is widely available on the internet.

Comment · 8 months ago
Lets suppose whatever you say is true.

If Im the govt, Id be foaming at the mouth - those projects that used to require enormous funding now will supposedly require much less.

Hmmm, what to do? Oh I know. Lets invest in Digital ID-like projects. Fun.

Comment · 8 months ago
They're not buying code.

They are buying a service. As long as the service 'works' they do not care about the other stuff. But they will hold you liable when things go wrong.

The only caveat is highly regulated stuff, where they actually care very much.

Comment · 8 months ago
Lol what. The difference is that the senior... is a senior. Ask yourself what characteristics comprises a senior vs junior...

You're glossing over so much stuff. Moreover, how does the Junior grow and become the senior with those characteristics, if their starting point is LLMs?

Comment · 8 months ago
You're not really answering the question are you?

Your answer is to play with it. Cool. But why cant you and others put together a proper guide lol? It cant be that hard.

Go ahead and do it - it'll challenge the Anti-AI posters you are referencing. I and others want to see that debate.

Comment · 8 months ago
But isn't that a reflection of reality?

If you've made a significant investment in human capital, you're even more likely to protect it now and prevent posting valuable stuff on the web.

Comment · 8 months ago
Aye. I wish more conversations would be more of this nature - in that we should start with basic propositions - e.g. the thing does not 'know' or 'understand' what correct is.

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