[ymyms]

One of my favorite ways to use AI is to get me started on things. I tend to drag my feet when starting something new, but LLMs can whip up something quick. Then I look at what it did and usually hate it. Maybe it structured the code in way that doesn't mesh with the way I think or it completely failed to use some new/esoteric library I rely on.

That hate fuels me to just do the work myself. It's like the same trick as those engagement-bait math problems that pop up on social media with the wrong answer.

[skydhash]

The same. It’s mostly an example generator, where you know what to do, but can’t take the time to build a model of the language/framework/library. Then you look at the code and retain only the procedure and the symbols used.

[antonvs]

I do the same thing, except if I hate something, I just ask the LLM to fix it. I can usually get to a starting point I'm pretty happy with, then I take over.

After that, I may ask an LLM to write particular functions, giving it data types and signatures to guide it.

[nativeit]

Does this sound like a fulfilling career to literally anyone?

[antonvs]

I’m enjoying it - I wouldn’t be doing it otherwise. Perhaps you misunderstood me - I’m using it to automate things that are easy enough to do but time-consuming and generally uninteresting. It’s a useful assistant.

You could make the same comment about managers - does management sound like a fulfilling career to literally anyone (to some, it doesn’t!) Or about working on a team, where colleagues do work that you depend on.

It’s also very similar to the situation with compilers and interpreters for high level languages. An assembly language or machine language programmer might ask “does writing in a high level language sound like a fulfilling career to literally anyone?”

This all makes me suspect that your comment is coming from a place where you’ve already reached a conclusion and are now looking for excuses to justify it. Typical change resistance, essentially.

[KoolKat23]

Breaking writers block, it's a starting point.

[fiatjaf]

ahahah, I've said the same thing about how I used AI recently. The "hate fuel" part is really true.