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Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by BossingAround »

injinj wrote: post #24
pleb_nz wrote: post #8

Half of the fun of using cli is using it with your own knowledge imo. Using GPT3 makes it feel like I may as well use some GUI tool. I understand gpt3 will/does save time and money but I actually like to code and to use my skills and knowledge to build and solve thingswith my own hands. Maybe I'm an outlier here, but using some tool to do it for me doesn't sound like fun.

I can never remember things. That's why my history file has 100k lines in it. $ do create linux bridge brctl addbr ip link set up $ do git reverse last commit git reset --hard HEAD~1 $ do gcc show optimizations gcc -O -Q --help=optimizers

Personally, I didn't remember things because I never stopped to look at what I'm actually doing. After I made it a practice to stop and read the command at least in my mind before I execute it, that made me remember the vast majority of my commands.

Do not mistake lack of attention with poor memory; the former is very easy to fix :).

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by narrator »

CPLX wrote: post #74
akkartik wrote: post #69

"The new Power had no weapons on the ground, nothing but a comm laser. That could not even melt steel at the frigate’s range. No matter, the laser was aimed, tuned civilly on the retreating warship’s receiver. No acknowledgment. The humans knew what communication would bring. The laser light flickered here and there across the hull, lighting smoothness and inactive sensors, sliding across the ship’s ultradrive spines…

Reading this reminds me of the enormous chasm that exists between the vast majority of overwrought poorly written science fiction like this, and the absolute best of the genre.

"Fire Upon The Deep" was great until it got to the part about the dog kingdom.

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by pixel_tracing »

It seems like the use case is for folks who might be noobs and in that regard I’d argue this tool is significantly dangerous. The user could accept a command that removes all their files unknowingly as an example.

The commands in the article I saw are fairly long too. I understand we have a cool new shiny toy (GPT) and see it’s potential but it still needs work because chances are if you’re typing “do create a new repository called demo,” you probably already know how to type “mkdir demo && cd demo && git init” in fact GPT may even forget to run the first two commands (dangerous) without more explicit instructions

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by sh4rks »

pixel_tracing wrote: post #93

It seems like the use case is for folks who might be noobs and in that regard I’d argue this tool is significantly dangerous. The user could accept a command that removes all their files unknowingly as an example. The commands in the article I saw are fairly long too. I understand we have a cool new shiny toy (GPT) and see it’s potential but it still needs work because chances are if you’re typing “do create a new re…

What would be cool is if you could get GPT to break the command up into its components and then explain what each component does and how it works.

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by linhns »

pleb_nz wrote: post #8

Half of the fun of using cli is using it with your own knowledge imo. Using GPT3 makes it feel like I may as well use some GUI tool. I understand gpt3 will/does save time and money but I actually like to code and to use my skills and knowledge to build and solve thingswith my own hands. Maybe I'm an outlier here, but using some tool to do it for me doesn't sound like fun.

I believe that you should be able to do basic CLI at least, but for rarely used commands or some incredibly complex one like ffmpeg, having an AI to do it is the way to go.

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by jjoonathan »

narrator wrote: post #92
CPLX wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading this reminds me of the enormous chasm that exists between the vast majority of overwrought poorly written science fiction like this, and the absolute best of the genre.

"Fire Upon The Deep" was great until it got to the part about the dog kingdom.

I stopped reading at the dog kingdom.

A few chapters in, it felt like I had been baited with a veneer of scifi over a core of anthropomorphic medieval historical fiction. Do the dogs connect back to the AIs in a satisfying way? Should I give it a second chance? ChatGPT says

    As the story progresses, the puppies become involved in the larger
    conflict that is taking place in the galaxy, and they play a key role
    in helping the human and alien characters achieve their goals.
    The puppies' involvement with the artificial intelligences (AIs) in the
    story is a central part of the plot, and the resolution of the conflict
    between the puppies and the AIs is an important part of the story's
    resolution.
which I take as a "yes." Any humans care to weigh in?

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by sciencesama »

pleb_nz wrote: post #8

Half of the fun of using cli is using it with your own knowledge imo. Using GPT3 makes it feel like I may as well use some GUI tool. I understand gpt3 will/does save time and money but I actually like to code and to use my skills and knowledge to build and solve thingswith my own hands. Maybe I'm an outlier here, but using some tool to do it for me doesn't sound like fun.

is there a gui tool for command line ? that would be awesome !!

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by soulofmischief »

sinlar-multiple wrote: post #49
speedgoose wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These AIs can generate new features, it’s much more powerful than copy pasting existing text snippets.

> These AIs can generate new features Citation needed

A citation isn't needed. Thousands of programmers right now are using AI in every step of the process, from feature design to implementation to testing.

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by chubot »

sh4rks wrote: post #94
pixel_tracing wrote: post #93

It seems like the use case is for folks who might be noobs and in that regard I’d argue this tool is significantly dangerous. The user could accept a command that removes all their files unknowingly as an example. The commands in the article I saw are fairly long too. I understand we have a cool new shiny toy (GPT) and see it’s potential but it still needs work because chances are if you’re typing “do create a new re…

What would be cool is if you could get GPT to break the command up into its components and then explain what each component does and how it works.

This site does that: https://explainshell.com/

Although I suppose it's not integrated into a shell

Re: Show HN: GPT-3 Powered Shell

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Post by dahfizz »

throwaway290 wrote: post #37
Swizec wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. The best race car drivers use an automatic transmission if that’s 0.5 seconds faster per lap. In fact driver aids had to be actively banned in many racing series. Just to make it more fun for spectators.

Performance with auto transmission says less about the driver but more about the tech team. And yes, the point of these racing regulations is to make it at least optically a driver skill competition, not just who can throw more money at a pretty mundane challenge of getting from A to B the fastest. (If not for those regulations, since the track is known to the centimeter, the fastest driver would probably be the ligh…

> If not for those regulations, since the track is known to the centimeter, the fastest driver would probably be the lightest one because it would be dead weight.

Maybe if everyone took turns setting times. But in a real race, you have to deal with traffic, figure out how to pass, etc.

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