Comment on AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds

OmegaMan@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think it’s useful for writing mundane snippets I’ve written a million times or helping me with languages I’m less familiar with, but anything more compex becomes pretty spaghetti pretty quick.

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• Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  AI is works well for mindless tasks. Data formatting, rough drafts, etc.

  Once a task requires context and abstract thinking, AI can’t handle it.

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  • OmegaMan@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Eh, I don’t know. As long as you can break it down into smaller sub-tasks, AI can do some complex stuff. Just have to figure out where the line is. I’ve nudged it along into reading multiple LENGTHY API documentation pages and written some fairly complex scripting logic.

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  • Feyd@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Trusting it to have not fucked with your data while formatting it is pretty bold.

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