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by xuhu 617 days ago
Watching the screencast I realize how often text and an editor are a replacement for lists, treeviews, tabs, scrollbars etc.

Maybe AI is the answer for enforcing the format and for discoverability since it provides GUI-like hand holding without the hassle of actually writing GUI code.

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AI is never the answer. Unless ...

https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112006855076082650

> You might be surprised to learn that I actually think LLMs have the potential to be not only fun but genuinely useful. “Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context” can be a genuinely helpful question to have answered, in code and in natural language — for brainstorming, for seeing common conventions in an unfamiliar context, for having something crappy to react to.

> Alas, that does not remotely resemble how people are pitching this technology.

It could be the next version of the Emacs Doctor though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/14xwue3/chatgpt_visi...

Although it looks like someone had the doctor talking to ChatGPT.

> "Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context"

"Show me some bullshit that would be typical in this context... And we'll build a multi-trillion dollar investment bubble with whatever you say."

Cheers! TYFTL (thank you for the laugh)

It's not how it's being pitched, because nobody wants you to admit "bullshit" out loud, especially when it reflects the "work" that's been done for years. But it _is_ how people are actually using it; as a rubber ducking tool + autocomplete, and in that regard, I think AI has a ton of utility for a ton of creative work, especially since nobody wants to talk to actual people if they can help it...
Not at all, someone here for example yesterday posted a summarize tool...