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Krudler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Lets use LLMs for things LLMs are useful for. It is not a panacea, and it is not appropriate for every use case

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  • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Yeah, LLMs are interesting tech products to play with and find some niche uses for.

    But for the love of god they are not “prop up the entire stock market and numerous multi-trillion-dollar companies indefinitely” good!

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  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What is it useful for? I actually have a hard time finding a use for it… Its alright at book recommendations, sometimes.

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    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I found it’s useful for code where I know like 70% of what I’m doing. More than that and I can just do it myself. Less than that and I can’t trust and diagnose the output.

      I’d rather have old fashioned stack overflow and tutorials, honestly. It’s hard to actually learn when it just gives answers.

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      • cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I use it for coding advice sometimes, as an amateur hobbyist it’s really useful to point me in the right direction when facing problems I’m unfamiliar with. I often end up reinventing the proverbial wheel, just worse, but LLMs can help point out standards and best practices that I, as an outsider to the industry, am unaware of.

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      • Dalraz@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I find it’s good at writing boilerplate and scaffolding code, the stuff I really hate doing.

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    • cheesybuddha@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Movie recommendations is my biggest thing, personally.

      And lots of other purposes. Just because a ton of people are misusing this tool and treating it like GAI doesn’t mean that it isn’t a useful tool. Even something as simple as proofreading a letter has massive utility for some people.

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      • sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Definitely proof reading. Especially for people who can barely write intelligibly. They can check themselves if the meaning is still correct and they will learn grammar from the process.

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• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I just got the notification today when opening Office programs that copilot was there

  all the help threads about how to turn it off have out of date info. seems like you can no longer disable it in Excel/Word/PowerPoint

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  • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You can disable it with the uninstall function.

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    • FourThirteen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This comment is fantastically chaotic and I love it so much.

      RIP Microsoft Works, what a legend.

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  • Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The disabling process is kinda convoluted.

    1. Delete word
    2. Install libre office
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This is one reason I’m so glad we devs can install linux at work. I have LibreOffice installed sure, but if I need to use the Microsoft Office suite for some reason, it all works great as webpages in librewolf!

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  • pycorax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It still works for me at least? In the office options, there’s a Copilot section with a single “Enable Copilot” checkbox. You’ll need to disable it per app though.

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    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      yeah that’s the checkbox that doesn’t exist for me in the copilot section that also doesn’t exist for me

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