Chatgpt was one of the biggest game changers in tech in ages. Seeing the company implode over night has been interesting.
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RattlerSix@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can anyone explain why this guy and his firing have been such big news?
bezerker03@lemmy.bezzie.world 7 months ago
misk@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
While large language models and similar technologies are very overhyped, they are already plenty usable for things like deepfakes which if left unchecked have significant potential to be weaponised and destabilize societies.
OpenAI is a non-profit that’s behind those machine learning models and practical applications like ChatGPT. In principle it should govern development so that it’s safe and responsible. There are many allegations that Sam Altman became focused on profit betraying non-profit mission.
While OpenAI is not technically controlled by commercial entities (it has 49% stake by Microsoft) it’s entirely dependent on them for funding which likely led to being strong-armed to have Altmqn regain control.
yildo@kbin.social 7 months ago
Because Microsoft and VC types have thrown a lot of billions of US dollars at this and similar companies, so a lot of (their) money is at stake
Heresy_generator@kbin.social 7 months ago
Because "AI" hype is what the venture capitalists are feeding to the financial press theses days and Sam is the venture capitalists biggest "AI" star.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 7 months ago
We are way beyond hype at this point.
It’s a total game changer.
As a developer ChatGPT has completely changed my workflow and massively increased my productivity.
micka190@lemmy.world 7 months ago
As a developer, comments that talk about how ChatGPT is changing the development game confuse the hell out of me. What are you people doing that ChatGPT makes your workflow massively more productive?
Lmaydev@programming.dev 7 months ago
When using any new language or framework I can get up and running very quickly.
Used to take time to read the intro docs and then start digging around trying to find the features I need. Now I can straight ask it how to do certain things, what is supported and the best practises.
If I see a block of code I don’t understand I can ask it to explain and it will write out line by line what it’s doing. No more looking for articles with similar constructs or patterns.
It’s amazing at breaking down complex SQL.
Many tedious refactoring tasks can be done by it.
Creating mappers between classes is very good because it can easily pickup matching properties through context if types and names don’t match.
Generating class from a db table and vice versa.
If you have a specific problem to solve rather than googling around for other solutions you can ask it for existing methods. This can save days or more of discovery and trial and error.
It’s really good generating test cases based on a method.
As for the mistakes you should be able to spot them and ask it to correct. If it does something invalid tell it that and it will correct.
You have to treat it like a conversation not just ask it questions.
Like Google you have to learn how to use it correctly.
We also have bing enterprise which uses search results and sources its answer. So I can look at the actual web result and read through.
cashew@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Failing to understand why does not make you correct by ignoring it.
Learning how to use AI tools is another meta-skill just like learning how to use a search engine such as Google. The latter is widely accepted as a must-know for software developers.
ZahzenEclipse@kbin.social 7 months ago
If you're not actively using AI for a tech job then you're leaving yourself behind. It's look ignoring using Google.
theherk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
While not inaccurate, that is extremely reductive. The rapid improvement of AI at the transformer level is currently one of the most interesting things happening across many fields including arts and sciences, that also has the widest deviation between potential good and potential harm. OpenAI and its complex governance model are directly at the center of that growth and embroiled in one of the most fascinating governance struggles in recent history.
This drama when combined with how disruptive this technology is likely to be across a wide range of markets affecting the world’s economies makes this interesting and also has the added benefit of being a news departure from the bombings and other terrible stuff going on around the world. Much more fun for popcorn and chat than wars and such.
BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 7 months ago
Snake oil actually work you MF punk… 🤣🤣