Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    Yeah, same here

    I needed to calculate some statistics from log files and that would have taken me ages - mostly because my sed-/awk-fu is lacking

    But with AI I got a script in half an hour - after correcting it a few times - and it is reasonable ok enough for the job

    I tried to refactor a really large spaghetti state machine with AI, but they’re all failing, because it’s too large

    It’s nice to get boiler plate code written, but when it comes to overview of logic on a large project, they obviously can’t keep up

    As you said, it’s a tool. But just like with any tool, you shouldn’t use it for every use case

    • Feyd@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      Your statements are supposed to be moderate, but given the physical realities of actually running the massive LLMs it is terrible. Maybe you saved some time at the expense of learning to write your log script, but you also helped boil the oceans a bit in the process. All the things you tried and failed helped boil the oceans for no benefit at all. You’re more optimistic about the utility of it than I am, but even given your perspective, it is a disaster when you consider the externalities of the AI data centers.