[chx]

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.

[giancarlostoro]

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.

[heresie-dabord]

> "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)

[IggleSniggle]

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...

[chx]

Not at all, someone here for example yesterday posted a summarize tool...