I will say, it helps a ton within VS code.
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Montreal_Metro@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
AI is a crutch for dumb people.
bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
sobchak@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I find it detrimental to my productivity when integrated into an editor/IDE. I’ve found the “autocomplete” causes subtle bugs that I end up overlooking because I’m trying to go fast and putting too much trust in the generated lines/snippets. Tracing down these bugs becomes a huge time-sink. I do use chatbots in the browser for various things; mostly as a kind of “search” for alternative ways of doing things, frameworks, libraries, and algorithms. Agentic vibe-coding is ok for small one-off tools/scripts you wouldn’t need to maintain, IMO.
bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m a noob to coding & packages building. I need the crutch for now, honestly, but I assume once you start correcting like Ai, like your having to do, it’s not worth it.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You can tell who’s going to grow up into the current generations tech illiterate elderly based on how people talk about AI today.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
When AI is actually invented I’ll call it AI. Right now we have a steroid juiced parrot that’s based on old school machine learning. Its great at summarizing simple data, but terrible at real tasks.
This is more people who aren’t dumb telling the marketing teams to stop hyping something that doesn’t exist. The dot com boom is echoing. The profit will never materialize.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But the profit absolutely can materialize because it is useful.
Right now the problem is hardware / data center costs, but those can come down at a per user level.
They just need to make it useful enough within those cost constants which is 100%wl without a doubt possible, it’s just a matter of can they do it before they run out of money.
Psythik@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah seriously it’s so pathetic. Either embrace tech, or get left behind. The vast majority of Lemmy users might not like it but personally I refuse to get left behind.
LLMs can be a great tool if you’re aware of their limitations. Stick to the more advanced models (avoid the “fast” ones that don’t actually do any googling), check the sources it provides, be skeptical of everything it says, and you’ll be fine. An LLM helped me with a relationship issue I was having, and even diagnosed an issue I didn’t even know my car had when I asked it an unrelated question about fuel trims, saving me hundreds by recognizing a problem I was unaware of before it killed my catalytic converter.
Given that I would probably be single by now, and would have never discovered the issue without an LLM going, “hey by the way…”, I am extremely grateful to OpenAI for what they’ve done for me and the future of humanity. Why would I hate on a technology that saved me nearly $1000?
What’s most exciting to me is that the tech is still in its infancy, and it’s already this good. The AI bubble will eventually burst, and the tech will eventually get good enough to shut up all the naysayers. AI just needs to get past its “growing pains” stage.
Stay strong; ignore the haters, and we’ll weather this storm. Eventually Lemmy will find something new to hate.
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like this comment because both AI haters and people who see that there are some upsides to it can read it using their own bias and agree with it.
bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I pick and choose when to use it. I understand it’s limitations & strengths. Most of those people, could do better in life if they had a Chat with an AI. It’s helpful for free talk therapy & step by step manuals.
arbo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
the thing is, it’s not 100% bad, but it’s being crammed into everything because the capitalists want to sell sell sell. sometimes what is made sucks, and will definitely contribute to a dead internet.
but i also lean on it to generate repetitive bits of code. i still read it all and tweak considerably and it’s cool to make my gpu do work in this way.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ya, I don’t want it shoved in my face. I want to choose how and where I use it without them trying to compromise my entire device in the process.
bbwolf1111@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Omg yes, the dead internet. That still blows my mind, honestly. I understand it logically, I just don’t know how we got there.
smh@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
My main use case is “hey, I need to make a change to this system I touch once a year. The documentation is thorough, dense, and I don’t know where to look. What button do I push to do Y?”
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I’m mad because people get to use a tool I didn’t have.”
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
it’s a few other things, too
but overwhelmingly, yep, crutch for dumb and/or lazy people
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
leftist_lawyer@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
No, you’re a idot. Your mother’s not impressed.
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
yes, that would be those few other things that I mentioned
however, your comment proves that you are dumb since you couldn’t read mine
MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago