[robotcookies]

I don't understand why this would cause sadness. I found most of questions I asked it could be answered as well by using a search engine. Sure, it was more concise than searching but going through many sources may give more accuracy and perspective. Perhaps I didn't spend enough time with it but I got bored quickly.

Yes, it does write reasonably well. I asked it for a short story and a joke. The joke was funny and the short story made sense and flowed well. Are we worried comedians will be out of business? Or writers? I don't see that happening. We'll still need writers to track down sources, compile and edit. Maybe it will save writers a lot of time but we'll still need humans for the foreseeable future. It might be that one writer can churn out 10 stories a month rather than 3, but that sort of productivity happened after tools like the printing press, typewriters, etc were invented.

I only asked it one coding question related to a recursive function. The answer didn't make me worry about losing my job. I still had to check it and make sure it was right. It might make certain tasks easier but it can't replace a human yet - not even close. If someone relies on this for their coding job, it will quickly be obvious. It can save some time for people who know how to program. But for those relying on it as a crutch, it will hurt them in the long run as their codebase gets more complicated.