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SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 days agoSame here. I never tried it to write code before but I recently needed to mass convert some image files. I didn’t want to use some sketchy free app or pay for one for a single job. So I asked chatgpt to write me some python code to convert from X to Y, convert in place, and do all subdirectories. It worked right out of the box. I was pretty impressed.
utopiah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
May I introduce you to the wonderful world of open source instead?
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I am aware of it but it doesn’t always exist for my exact needs or I don’t need an app for a one time job.
utopiah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The command line is precisely trying to address this, providing not apps but commands that are flexible and can be stitched together so that most needs are cover. Think of it like Lego blocks made out of text, that do stuff to your files.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ty, do you have a site I can read up on this and what is available?
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s what LLMs largely pull from.
utopiah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Exactly
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
And LLMs can help find those FOSS projects and fill in the gaps in their documentation.
I’m well aware of the copyright issues here and LLMs can make it easier to violate copyright, whether it’s protected by a proprietary or a FOSS license, but that’s up to the user of the LLM to decide where their boundaries are (and how much legal risk to accept). If you’re generating entire projects, you’ll probably have problems, but if you’re generating examples on how to accomplish a task with an existing tool, you’re probably fine.
LLMs are useful tools, but like any tool they can be misused. FOSS is great, LLMs are great, use both appropriately.