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fodor@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• 3abas@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Because if we say anything positive about AI programming we get downvoted to hell…

  I’m not a supporter of the companies making LLMs and how they profit off others’ intellect, I’m not a supporter of their use of the technology for fascism, genocide, and pure evil. I’m not a moron that thinks LLMs are intelligent.

  But I recognize it as a very useful technological advancement, it’s a very useful tool and to pretend otherwise is foolish. LLMs are an amazing coding aid, and when used correctly and fed the right context, they can save hours of frustration and research dead-ends.

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  • Dalraz@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I share the same opinion as yourself and gave you an upvote. LLM are a truly fascinating technology and I’m amazed by how little we understand on how it even does what it does. That said the process that got us here and what they are currently being used for is amoral at best

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  • wulrus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I am generally a sceptic myself, especially in my own area, which is software development. But recently in a board game community, someone was scolded for asking ChatGPT about a rule dispute (and it was wrong). All upvotes to unhelpful “AI bad” comments. I pointed out that while this was true 3 months ago, ChatGPT 5 (and only that one) can very accurately answer such questions when asked the right way, showed how to ask the user question and the (now correct) response, and mentioned my 35 board game test questions and results with major LLM flagship models. (Almost all LLMs did horribly, under 70% even in yes/no questions, but ChatGPT 5 with specific instructions or “Thinking” model got 100%.)

    Even as a sceptic, I can acknowledge that LLMs just jumped from completely useless to perfect in the past few months when it comes to this specific niche.

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