Yes, me too, you can often ask it to explain it to a layman and it provides pretty easy to follow explanation
Comment on Why are people seemingly against AI chatbots aiding in writing code?
AreaKode@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I’ve found it to be extremely helpful in coding. Instead of trying to read huge documentation pages, I can just have a chatbot read it and tell me the answer. My coworker has been wanting to learn Powershell. Using a chatbot, his understanding of the language has greatly improved. A chatbot can not only give you the answer, but it can break down how it reached that conclusion. It can be a very useful learning tool.
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Is the explanation accurate?
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
It could be, in a monkeys with typewriters sort of way… 🤷♂️
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
I’ve been using it for CLI syntax and code for a while now. It’s not always right but it definitely helps in getting you almost all the way there when it doesn’t. I will continue to use it 😁
mp3@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
It’s really useful to quickly find the parameters to convert something in a specific way using ffmpeg.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Hell yeah it is. So much faster than reading the man pages and stuff
cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 6 days ago
When was it wrong? I am curious like how much wrong it was and what AI assistent you asked.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Chatgpt all versions. I don’t know. I use it a lot and I just know it’s been wrong. Powershell comes to mind. And juniper srx syntax. And Alcatel.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 days ago
It’s great for regurgitating pre written text. For generating new or usable code it’s largely useless. It doesn’t have an actual understanding of what it says. It can recombine information and elements its seen before. But not generate anything truly unique.
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
That isn’t what the comment you replied to was talking about so that’s why you’re getting downvoted even though some of what you said is right.
Eldritch@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The first sentence addressed what they talked about. It’s great as an assistant to cut through documentation to get at what you need. In fact, here’s a recent video from Perry Fractic doing just that with microtext for the C64.
Anything else like having it generate the code itself, it’s more of a liability than an asset. Since it doesn’t really understand what its doing.
Perhaps I should have separated the two thoughts initially? Either way I’ve said my piece.
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Top level comment is talking about using it for learning. Saying that AI is just regurgitating text doesn’t address that fact at all. In fact it sounds like you were putting down the commentor for using it for learning.
The bulk of your comment was about how poorly it writes code which isn’t what that comment was talking about. At all. So yes, I agree, you should have separated your two thoughts and probably focused the second thought on a different thread within this post. Perhaps at the top level to say it to the OP.