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post #63

I can't really wait for tooling to visualise complex technical concepts into nice animations and static images. Imagine describing how some system works, what it consists of, and get architecture images + process animations.

This is what I am missing as well. I'm a pre-sales technical architect that keeps looking for use-cases where I am able to leverage this technology. 75% of my work is in draw.io and PowerPoint.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Text translation is basically solved with DeepL, at least on the languages it supports, it's indistinguishable for my native language. This is not talked much right now but language learning will become a hobby at this point between the increasing quality of speech recognition, translation and speech synthesis.

Translation is not solved with deepl at ll. Not with difficult language pairs (English/Chinese, English/Japanese, English/korean etc ). That's where LLMs shine. Far ahead.

I admit I don't speak Japanese or Korean, for the French / English pair, the current level is identical to a professional translator.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#103
post #51

The fact that you can put in garbage unstructured data, ask it questions, and then "convert" it to JSON is kind of magical. It's like computers have a new analog/organic input system. [0] Also, been recently playing with ways to generate API code plumbing without any schema layers. (Swagger/OpenAPI/Proto) [1] [0] https://twitter.com/vyrotek/status/1640417769303977984 [1] https://twitter.com/vyrotek/status/16401423852…

Maybe we can finally code a 100% functional CSV importer which deal with all the broken stuff people invented haha

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm seeing similar, chatgpt replacing a lot of external libraries and digging through the weeds to find the right endpoint. After all, why bother dealing with so many external libraries to get it done when you can just relay the core ones you must use and ask chatgpt to flesh out the rest in a way that suits your needs? Need a component to be gamepad accessible written in Vue? Ask and you'll receive. No more botherin…

If you're not using external libraries that are maintained by other people, how do you handle your code's maintainability in the long-term? Keep asking ChatGPT to fix it when things break?

I want to make something clear, which is that there isn't a total avoidance of external libraries. Only that you're not so quickly choosing them for every problem. It makes sense to use Vue (just an example), it doesn't make sense to use a library that's a wrapper on top of another wrapper to use within Vue. That sort of deal.

You maintain the code the same way those other people maintain their code, testing. They aren't doing anything special here, you still have to write tests (well, you can get GPT to write some of them for you). The upside here is you are the one in control of this and you can change and test to your specific needs. You are not relying on external library who has to appeal to a general huge variety of use cases. You also don't have to deal with a lot of external time-wasters, as you're only working internally so you aren't at the whims of whether or not that group can even work on implementing your change. Plus, no more random changes that catch you by surprise when you're reading the change log.

>Keep asking ChatGPT to fix it when things break?

Hah, maybe some day we will get to that point. Until then we still need to know what is happening, however, you might be surprised to find out how infrequently things require that much input seeing as you aren't at the whims of random other parties constantly.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#105
I want to share a personal experience with GPT-4 and other AI tools that has helped me a lot, given my recently acquired physical disability.

My creative and critical thinking are still in great shape, but I've been struggling to execute my ideas because of my physical limitations. For example, I used to paint as a way to deal with traumatic experiences, but that's no longer possible for me.

I got depressed and frustrated, being no longer able to transfer traumatic memories out of my head.

I found a workaround using Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT. By doing this, I can recreate my paintings in my own style without having to physically paint them. It's now part of my weekly routine and has been a real support for my therapy and PTSD.

Another thing GPT-4 has helped me with is managing anxiety attacks. I'm not good at coding, it's simply a skill I'm not good at, but with some assistance from GPT-4, I made a simple browser game using HTML, CSS, and JS. This game is now my go-to distraction when I feel anxious and is easily accessible on my phone.

GPT-4 has also made everyday tasks, like writing letters or emails, a bit easier for me. I can shave off a few minutes here and there that way each day, which is a lot of time I can do stuff I enjoy if you add them up over a year or longer.

While these benefits may not seem groundbreaking to everyone, especially if you're healthy, they've made a significant difference in my life and for me personally, and I think that is remarkable.

I'm also not good at asking other people for help, especially for stuff I managed to do on my own for all my life.

So if I can ask AI Tools to do stuff for me instead of taking up a friend's lifetime, it helps me to keep a sense of independence and being able to take care of myself.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#106
I did a medical lab test the other day and I've been trying for several days to reach my original doctor who for some reason I still can't get. I don't know what to make of the abbreviations and scales on the document and I sure as hell wasn't going to visit another doctor and pay a fee to grok it without a need to or google each line to find out I have "cancer or some other random ailment".

By chance I was using cgpt for something else and I just copied and pasted the unformatted data from the pdf and voila. https://i.imgur.com/tCy1dWU.png, there is a more personal page that I didn't share that gave me a eli5 explanation for the exact problem I got checked for that I couldn't tell and it pretty much worked the same using the terms and even gave me recommendations as to what I could do next.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#107
post #2

I've got a thread going with ChatGPT about an app I'm building. It knows all of the libraries I'm using, and has seen the main App component, the Router and many of the key components. I'm asking it about every task I need to do, feature I need to implement, bug I need to fix. Basically rubber ducking with it and talking through everything I'm doing as if it were my coworker. It's reducing my time to solve problems b…

I have a similar-ish thread going for an app I'm building.

In my case, the app is just a toy simulation that simulates creatures with simple neural network brains. I knew very little about neural networks going into it, but knew a few terms to ask ChatGPT about. I initially asked ChatGPT to help me figure out which configuration to use for the neural networks, and to explain what some of the terms mean. I also asked it to provide some code samples and give advice for using some of the libraries involved.

The difference compared to Googling things is that ChatGPT can give you succinct answers to your specific questions. With Google, I'd say half the time Google just ignores half your search terms, or if it decides your search is worthy, the answer to your question is buried somewhere in a long, technical article. ChatGPT will respond to your specific question, and then you can ask follow-up questions.

I do worry about ChatGPT's famous propensity for lying, but I guess it's a bit like getting information from Wikipedia. If something is really important, you better find a better source, but if you're okay with muddling through and taking your learnings with a grain of salt, it's probably fine.

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#108
post #2

I've got a thread going with ChatGPT about an app I'm building. It knows all of the libraries I'm using, and has seen the main App component, the Router and many of the key components. I'm asking it about every task I need to do, feature I need to implement, bug I need to fix. Basically rubber ducking with it and talking through everything I'm doing as if it were my coworker. It's reducing my time to solve problems b…

I'm seeing similar, chatgpt replacing a lot of external libraries and digging through the weeds to find the right endpoint. After all, why bother dealing with so many external libraries to get it done when you can just relay the core ones you must use and ask chatgpt to flesh out the rest in a way that suits your needs? Need a component to be gamepad accessible written in Vue? Ask and you'll receive. No more botherin…

ChatGPT replaces StackOverflow

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm seeing similar, chatgpt replacing a lot of external libraries and digging through the weeds to find the right endpoint. After all, why bother dealing with so many external libraries to get it done when you can just relay the core ones you must use and ask chatgpt to flesh out the rest in a way that suits your needs? Need a component to be gamepad accessible written in Vue? Ask and you'll receive. No more botherin…

If you're not using external libraries that are maintained by other people, how do you handle your code's maintainability in the long-term? Keep asking ChatGPT to fix it when things break?

When this is possible, most human coders will be out of work.

I suggest code obfuscation and other acts of tribal knowledge hoarding for job security. ;)

Re: Ask HN: What is a specific use of GPT-4 that you think is remarkable?

#110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Translation is not solved with deepl at ll. Not with difficult language pairs (English/Chinese, English/Japanese, English/korean etc ). That's where LLMs shine. Far ahead.

I admit I don't speak Japanese or Korean, for the French / English pair, the current level is identical to a professional translator.

I agree deepl is excellent at English/French and other similar languages
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