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by mnky9800n 974 days ago
I've tried getting chatgpt and others to write code for me but it just seems to get confused about most everything once you get past the "write a function that does X" and X is some well known thing. Mostly I use it to suggest me a bunch of different ways to solve a problem so I can do research while I think about it. And I've been using it on an R library I'm developing and it ends up being a crutch. It's like following your GPS around. You will get somewhere but you'll never learn how to get there.
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Thanks for sharing! I have heard similar feedback from others.

What if it wasn't broken or confused and it worked immediately...like for example you don't just generate the code as output, instead it is immediately deployed and usable?

Yes of course if it was like the computer in star trek the next generation then I would find it quite useful. But I'm not convinced that will occur any time soon.