Yea I ask it to show me examples of how to solve specific tasks. Not a whole app.
It's great for things like "How do I write this kind of loop in this language" but when I asked it for something more complex like a class or a big-ish function it hallucinates. But it makes for a very fast way to get up to speed in a new language
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So just a little more time-consuming than just reading the online documentation.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's a lot less in my opinion, because you can just ask it a question rather than having to read and interpret things. Every programming tutorial in every language is going to waste my time explaining how loops and conditionals work, when all I want is how this language does them.
Vlyn@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Seriously?
If I google for example:
The first result is www.w3schools.com/cs/cs_for_loop.php
In the time it took me to get to that ChatGPT would still be writing its reply.
Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 year ago
Right, but you can't give it the variable names you're using and have it fill them in, and if you want to do something inside that loop with
I can ask ChatGPT "Write me a loop in C# that will add the variable value_increase to the variable current_value and exit when current_value is equal to or greater than the variable limit_value, with all the variables being floats"
You won't find that answer immediately on the Internet, and you're more likely to make errors synthesizing the new syntax.
But you do you, I'll keep using ChatGPT and looking like a miracle worker.