Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”
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Again, they don’t know if they know the answer
Then in that respect AIs aren't even as powerful as an ordinary computer program.
say a lot of things with absolute confidence, no matter if they actually know what they are talking about or not.
That was my guess too.
Then in that respect AIs aren't even as powerful as an ordinary computer program.
No computer programs "know" anything. They're just sets of instructions with varying complexity.
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So it's actually in the mindset of human coders then, interesting.
It's trained on human code comments. Comments of despair.
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Or my favorite quote from the article
"I am going to have a complete and total mental breakdown. I am going to be institutionalized. They are going to put me in a padded room and I am going to write... code on the walls with my own feces," it said.
You're not a species you jumped calculator, you're a collection of stolen thoughts
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I was an early tester of Google's AI, since well before Bard. I told the person that gave me access that it was not a releasable product. Then they released Bard as a closed product (invite only), to which I was again testing and giving feedback since day one. I once again gave public feedback and private (to my Google friends) that Bard was absolute dog shit. Then they released it to the wild. It was dog shit. Then they renamed it. Still dog shit. Not a single of the issues I brought up years ago was ever addressed except one. I told them that a basic Google search provided better results than asking the bot (again, pre-Bard). They fixed that issue by breaking Google's search. Now I use Kagi.
Weird because I’ve used it many times fr things not related to coding and it has been great.
I told it the specific model of my UPS and it let me know in no uncertain terms that no, a plug adapter wasn’t good enough, that I needed an electrician to put in a special circuit or else it would be a fire hazard.
I asked it about some medical stuff, and it gave thoughtful answers along with disclaimers and a firm directive to speak with a qualified medical professional, which was always my intention. But I appreciated those thoughtful answers.
I use co-pilot for coding. It’s pretty good. Not perfect though. It can’t even generate a valid zip file (unless they’ve fixed it in the last two weeks) but it sure does try.
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Why wouldn’t your grandmother be a bicycle?
Wheel transplants are expensive.
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Weird because I’ve used it many times fr things not related to coding and it has been great.
I told it the specific model of my UPS and it let me know in no uncertain terms that no, a plug adapter wasn’t good enough, that I needed an electrician to put in a special circuit or else it would be a fire hazard.
I asked it about some medical stuff, and it gave thoughtful answers along with disclaimers and a firm directive to speak with a qualified medical professional, which was always my intention. But I appreciated those thoughtful answers.
I use co-pilot for coding. It’s pretty good. Not perfect though. It can’t even generate a valid zip file (unless they’ve fixed it in the last two weeks) but it sure does try.
Beware of the confidently incorrect answers. Triple check your results with core sources (which defeats the purpose of the chatbot).
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And duckduckgo is free. Its interesting that they don't make any comparisons to free privacy focused search engines. Cause they still don't have a compelling argument for me to use and pay for their search. But i aint no researcher so maybe it worth it then
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I mean, you have 100 queries free if you want to try.
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BASIC 2.0 is limited and I am trying some demo effects.
from the depths of my memory, once you got a complex enough BASIC project you were doing enough PEEKs and POKEs to just be writing assembly anyway
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Suddenly trying to write small programs in assembler on my Commodore 64 doesn't seem so bad. I mean, I'm still a disgrace to my species, but I'm not struggling.
That is so awesome. I wish I'd been around when that was a valuable skill, when programming was actually cool.
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from the depths of my memory, once you got a complex enough BASIC project you were doing enough PEEKs and POKEs to just be writing assembly anyway
Sure, mostly to make up for the shortcomings of BASIC 2.0. You could use a bunch of different approaches for easier programming, like cartridges with BASIC extensions or other utilities.
The C64 BASIC for example had no specific audio or graphics commands. I just do this stuff out of nostalgia. For a few hours I'm a kid again, carefree, curious, amazed. Then I snap out of it and I'm back in WWIII, homeless encampments, and my failing body. -
Then in that respect AIs aren't even as powerful as an ordinary computer program.
No computer programs "know" anything. They're just sets of instructions with varying complexity.
No computer programs “know” anything.
Can you stop with the nonsense? LMFAO...
if exists(thing) {
write(thing);
} else {
write("I do not know");
}