[klik99]

I recently did a feasibility test for porting complex c++ project to a stripped down DSP processor with no c or c++ stdlib without making changes to the actual project - sonnet was able to do it in half a day and stumbled for another half a day on a minor error until I pointed out its mistake, but the code was absolutely bad. Just the same, I would’ve taken two weeks to just know it was feasible and I have a reference to know how it avoided certain pitfalls. It’s taken about a month for two of us to do it right, but honestly I don’t think we would’ve attempted it without proof it was possible. I still wouldn’t put any AI code in production for actual end users (beyond the “shed built for a day” use you mention), but that doesn’t mean as a tool it’s not magical. It’s a false binary between the “it’s always amazing” viewpoint of Garry Tan and many others and the “it’s all slop” of the original author, it’s a tool that has specific uses and high costs right now. Its irresponsible to blindly assume it’ll continue to get better, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t valid use cases today