| I write more than I code, but I use ChatGPT a lot throughout the day. I am integrating AI translations into my custom static site generator. I will test the outcome heavily before putting my name (and a big warning) on my translated content, but the early results look good. Getting it right is a lot harder than piping the page through ChatGPT. Everything needs to be translated from the UI strings to the URL slugs. My work will no longer just benefit English-speaking immigrants, but also locals and immigrants who Google things in other languages. I am very excited about it. I also use ChatGPT heavily for “what’s the word/expression for” questions and other fuzzy language queries. As a non-native speaker, I want to know if a given expression is appropriate for the context, if it’s dated, if it’s too informal and if it’s dialect-appropriate. I also use it for coding, but mostly because it’s faster than reading python’s docs. I ask it questions I know the answer to, hoping to find better approaches. So much happened since Python 2.7, and I don’t always know what to ask for. On occasion I treat it like I treated my mom as a child. I ask it all sorts of questions about the world I observe around me. It’s amazing to get a short, clear answer to work from, instead of sifting through barely relevant, spammy search results. This is super helpful when getting to know new tech and figuring out what it actually is. It’s just so damn cool to have a sort of real-life Hitchhiker’s Guide slash Pokédex in my pocket. These things appeared in the span of a year, and nobody seems impressed. Well, I am mad impressed. |
I like this premise but don’t like the fact that the answer could be completely false - fabricated and presented with equal confidence as the algorithm has zero understanding, just stats.