Originally posted by @strycore in #6506: There are massive issues with AI tech, but those are caused by our current capitalist culture, not the tools themselves. In many ways, it couldn't have been...
Ok, but the AI actually is bad. Like, it’s bad at writing code. The code I reviewed was sloppy at best. If I got that from a high school student for an assignment, I would give it a B. If I got that from a college senior, I would give it a D. If I got that from a junior dev, I would give them a serious lecture about testing their code.
Right, but AI in itself is not bad. Instances of it are bad because it does certain tasks poorly, and when we don’t know our topics well enough, we can’t spot its errors. You don’t learn when you expect your shortcut to do the work. And worse, you can’t error check if you can’t do yourself, what you’re asking it to do.
I struggle to think of anything that AI is good enough (won’t make mistakes) to use in production. It’s fine if you’re making something that doesn’t matter, or in which a mistake wouldn’t be a big deal.
Ok, but the AI actually is bad. Like, it’s bad at writing code. The code I reviewed was sloppy at best. If I got that from a high school student for an assignment, I would give it a B. If I got that from a college senior, I would give it a D. If I got that from a junior dev, I would give them a serious lecture about testing their code.
Right, but AI in itself is not bad. Instances of it are bad because it does certain tasks poorly, and when we don’t know our topics well enough, we can’t spot its errors. You don’t learn when you expect your shortcut to do the work. And worse, you can’t error check if you can’t do yourself, what you’re asking it to do.
I struggle to think of anything that AI is good enough (won’t make mistakes) to use in production. It’s fine if you’re making something that doesn’t matter, or in which a mistake wouldn’t be a big deal.