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Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

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Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

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post #17

Here's an idea: If AI like this is so brilliant and can think for itself, why don't we just tell it to come up with its own next iteration? Surely if it can write code for medical devices, cars, planes, etc. (where no doubt junior engineers are extensively using it), then why not AI? Cant we just tell ChatGPT to make e.g. TensorFlow faster, better, cleaner? Why do people put in so much work anymore, if the AI is so d…

Don’t turn off the money spigot with your “questions.”

Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

#32
post #10

Finally catching up with Anthropic.

Arguably this is better than Claude projects because you can prompt and edit inline. You cannot with projects. Claude keeps regenerating the artifact. This is closer to Cursor for writing than Claude Projects.

Cursor's moat always seems a shaky proposition. Clone VS code, add a few custom blobs and extensions, API to existing LLMs.

For that, $20/M per head to be usable? Yikes.

Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

#33
It seems like this only supports "JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, or PHP". I would be so happy if it worked with FeatureScript (which is similar to JavaScript, but is for 3D CAD in Onshape).

I wonder what it would take to expand the languages it supports?

Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

#36
post #17

Here's an idea: If AI like this is so brilliant and can think for itself, why don't we just tell it to come up with its own next iteration? Surely if it can write code for medical devices, cars, planes, etc. (where no doubt junior engineers are extensively using it), then why not AI? Cant we just tell ChatGPT to make e.g. TensorFlow faster, better, cleaner? Why do people put in so much work anymore, if the AI is so d…

I believe you are attacking a strawman here.

I believe it's not solving a real problem. I believe that the human skills of reasoning, logical thinking, etc. make it possible for any able minded human to do the things I just mentioned, given time and money is provided. AI can't do that. Let's call that process "programming". It cant do programming. It pretends to program.

Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

#38
No thank you.

As with anything else that is helpful, there is a balancing act to be aware of. This is too much for my taste. Just like github copilot is too much.

It's too dumb like this. But chatgpt is insanely helpful in a context where I really need to learn something I am deep diving into or where I need an extra layer of direction.

I do not use the tool for coding up front. I use them for iterations on narrow subjects.

Re: Canvas is a new way to write and code with ChatGPT

#39
post #4

This is cool, but I wish it were integrated into tools already used for coding and writing rather than having it be a separate app. This also demonstrates the type of things Google could do with Gemini integrated into Google Docs if they step up their game a bit. Honestly I’m scratching my head on OpenAI’s desire to double down on building out their consumer B2C use cases rather than truly focussing on being the infr…

When they are focusing on just being an API provider then they will be in a market with (long term) razor thin margins and high competition - most likely unable to build a deep moat. But if you can shape customers habits to always input "chatgpt.com" into the browser whenever they want to use AI then that's a very powerful moat. Those customers will also most likely be on a subscription basis, meaning much more flexibility in pricing and more rent for openAI (people using it less then what OpenAI calculates for subscription costs).
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