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Re: JetBrains AI

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Post by eleniel » Mon, Dec 11, 2023, 9:51 AM UTC

alright2565 wrote: post #65

georgeashworth wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use GitHub Copilot IntelliJ plugin every day and would not consider going back to the pre-LLM state of affairs. I don't use it to generate entire classes or tests, because it doesn't work well for that, and definitely not for big refactors, but it works well as a "super autocomplete" for 1-3 lines of code at a time.

It would be very impressive if Jetbrains tuned their assistant to generate structural search and replace[1] parameters. It's a very powerful tool, but it takes me way too long to figure out the syntax & API. But it could make big refactors much more practical and less risky than a LLM might be. [1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/structural-search-and-re...

This sounds like a great idea! You can upvote an issue for it here:

LLM-1728 Structural search/replace integration for AI Assistant https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/LLM-1728

Re: JetBrains AI

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Post by jantypas2 » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:24 AM UTC

I love the idea of an AI assistant for coding -- the ability to check references on the fly, the ability to not have to sift from through Google and StackOverflow which aren't that useful these days, is a great idea. BUT at this price, we need proof this is better than what we have. A week isn't enough. I'm not asking Jetbrains to give it to us for free as part of the package, but I can see 60 days unlimited use. It needs to be used in a large project, not just played with. It's important to remember, Jetbrains already has issues with thecloud-based IDEs now -- not everything is on the desktop. If they want me to keep paying every year, I need a strong reason to pay more than I do now.

Re: JetBrains AI

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Post by jantypas2 » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:25 AM UTC

Also, Jetbrains does not indicate if I can build my own "private AI" with just my materials -- companies are concerned about what the AI knows and doesn't know, and where it gets it -- can Jetbrains AI be constrained to just a defined corpus?