The current AI hype wave has really hit a nerd soft spot - that we're steps away from AGI. Surely if a computer can make plausible-looking but incorrect sentences we're days away from those sentences being factually accurate! The winter after this is gonna be harsh.
Using Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Cursor Composer already shows huge benefits for coding. I'm more productive than ever before. The models are still getting better and better. I'm not saying AGI is right around the corner or that we will reach it, but the benefits are undeniable. o1 added test-time compute. No need to be snarky.
Like it will generate code like `x && Array.isarray(x)` because `x && x is something` is a common pattern I guess - but it's completely pointless in this context.
It will often do roundabout shit solutions when there's trivial stuff built into the tool/library when you ask it to solve some problem. If you're not a domain expert or search for better solutions to check it you'll often end up with slop.
And the "reasoning" feels like the most generic answers while staying on topic, like "review this code" will focus on bullshit rather than prioritizing the logic errors or clearing up underlying assumptions, etc.
That said it's pretty good at bulk editing - like when I need to refactor crufty test cases it saves a bunch of typing.