I think it is a very useful tool, but I also agree that, in reality, it is more like a sophisticated search engine than anything else. I wear a lot of hats, and I also often switch languages. I find copilot and chatGPT useful for switching gears and getting boilerplate code started.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 8:19 AM Man-wai Chang changmw@gmail.com wrote:
A.I. could indeed be the next dot-Com bubble, after crypto-currencies ... :)
On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 3:59 PM Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
It will churn out something that looks vaguely passable, but it is all
smoke and mirrors. There is no 'I' involved. It's a fancy search engine.
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