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by actusual 1206 days ago
I think "get it to write functional code most of the time" severely discounts the value of the code produced by ChatGPT. Knowing zero Swift (but being an SDE), I was able to build an audio plugin for Logic Pro X in a day, by leveraging ChatGPT. I'd previously tried this twice, and gave up because of the learning curve and my lack of free time. It's the most insane 0% to 80% tool I've ever seen.
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bamboozled 1206 days ago
That’s cool.

I’m personally looking forward to when I can use a ChatGPT yo build my own ChatGPT and make tons of money out of it too !

It’s pretty interesting because soon absolutely No business will be safe. All tech, most apps, everything can just be stolen as fast as ChatGPT can write it. I’d go as far to say as ChatGPT itself is vulnerable to this ? Am I wrong ?

I’ve been working on a startup and I’m actually really evaluating if it’s worth the time now. I mean it could be stolen pretty fast. Not sure how to reconcile it all yet.

Make my an app which is functionally the same as Netflix, then write the deployment code so it runs on AWS. Ha.

Microsoft and Open AI will may benefit a lot from ChatGPT, but it might eat itself too.

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throwaway4aday 1206 days ago
You can already ask it to put together various PyTorch scripts for ML stuff. Thinking about it as businesses or jobs "not being safe" is the wrong tack though. This technology is going to 10x everything it touches, yes it'll be messy while we figure things out but in the end everyone is going to be a lot more productive.
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actusual 1206 days ago
I think your worries are very valid, and I agree that this could be a level step change in the consolidation of power that we already see among a few extremely powerful entities. Another observation worth noting is that SDEs who embrace this technology immediately are going to absolutely smoke past those who ignore it, and the gap will continue to widen as time wears on. Imagine having a slightly dumbed down SDE 1 or 2 (eventually 3) slave that can work 24/7. It will completely redefine what "entry level" means for software engineers.
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ChatGTP 1206 days ago
How do you suggest people embrace this technology for coding ? Turn on Copilot?
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