There’s relatively little debate among developers that the tools are or ought to be useful,
Yes there is. No one wants to listen to us. I’ve had 3 levels of people above me ask me how I’ve incorporated AI into my workflow. I don’t get any pushback because my effectiveness is well known, yet the top down edict that everyone else use these shitty tools continues unabated.
irotsoma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Usage is rising because corporate executives started getting kickbacks and thinking they could cut staff by implementing it. But developers who have actually had to use it have realized it can be useful in a few scenarios, but requires a ton of review of anything it writes because it rarely understands context and often makes mistakes that are really hard to debug because they are subtle. So anyone trying to use it for a language or system they don’t understand well is going to have a hard time.
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It never understands context.
oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
And it cannot understand context because it does not think, it’s just an expensive prediction tool
OpenStars@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Counterpoint: they want number go up.
Pro Tip: it doesn't even matter if number go up, when they know how to suck up to even higher-ups.
Master167@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Executives are getting kickbacks? I’ve gotta do some research here.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
That’s not true. If you give it context, it understands and retains context quite well. The thing is that you can’t just say “write code for me” and expect it to work.
Also, certain models are better than certain tasks than others.
Kronusdark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is a true statement.