LLMs provide nonlinear leverage for experts. So far, I see them increasing the divide between developers or tech-oriented people and end users.
The Leverage of LLMs for Individuals
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#202I am happy that so many people get to experience the feeling me and other software engineers feel when we write code. OpenAI democratize some of this feeling and now people that never knew how to code can experience the rush of creating something new using code. In a world where a lot of AI Researchers that develop these amazing models are slowed down by their lack of "normal" engineering skills I think it's very app…
People who use ChatGPT to spit out code as a method of learning software engineering are going to be seriously deficient in fundamentals like performance. I've already worked with way too many engineers who copy/paste code without understanding what it does.
If performance is a concern, just re-prompt GPT if there are any performance concerns, and to propose fixes for them if there are.
This is called reflexion and has been found to be an effective way to improve response accuracy and usefulness (also reduces hallucinations).
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#203I feel we have been given a very valuable tool. I think the most sublte aspect for personal use is the freedom from having to ask seemingly stupid questions. It turns out there are a lot of interesting things on this earth. While a good education can prepare you for a lot, nobody knows everything. Asking seemingly stupid questions can be an issue for some. I have tried to cultivate this ability during my lifetime, and have practiced it with people I know are knowledgable in a specific field. But even with that, I catch myself feeling liberated to be able to "privately" ask questions that come to my mind in a more specific way then just firing up a Google search. A search is always more involved. True, I have to be on a different sort of guard when asking an LLM for an explanation for something, but it feels like very useful and time-saving for the quick introduction to something you just happened to think about.
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You need to pay for ChatGPT Plus, or sign up for their API (there’s a waitlist).
FWIW, I got API access quite quickly. Applied March 20, got access March 27. My application was only some 2 line bullshit, their example for "why do you want access" rewritten.
I've been waiting for over a month.
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#205Has anyone been able to use it to effectively build more than a green field poc? It's absolutely great for that, but it's been a little clunky when trying to iterate when the context gets too large or when trying to add stuff to am existing system.
I've used ChatGPT-4 to create new components in a larger game of mine. I provided an example class that does something similar and an interface and it flawlessly created a new component the way that I would have with the new functionality, in like 10 seconds.
I've also used it to create new functionality in the game, but those were mostly isolated features. Like I implemented controller rumble support yesterday in about 10 minutes thanks to its help. Probably would have taken me several hours on my own.
I don't know to what extent I can integrate it directly into the game, but I think the main limiting factor is the token limit and my desire to manually copy+paste enough context, not limitations in its actual abilities (which it does have some, I'm debugging along with it an issue in a 3D graph class I had it create last night).
The code it created worked fine when it was just drawing thin lines, but I had it convert the drawing to 3D rects so it could have different widths (technically it recommended that solution when I asked for line widths) and there's been some glitches, namely only one team is showing and the rest of it is now only visible when I set the draw mode to not cull anything.
Hoping to get past that tonight or tomorrow. It at least is giving me some good ideas for approaching debugging it, I'd be pretty much at a loss if it was just me, as I've always struggled to debug 3D graphics issues when the graphics just don't show up on the screen.
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#206Learning something with GTP-4 is so much more fun than using google/Stack Overflow. It's like having a tutor that knows your code and gives you hints and solutions based on your actual project. It's a real game changer for learning
I think fun is the key difference as well! Even when it takes longer it’s a lot more engaging.
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#207how do i use gpt4? i've tried requesting the api with that model and get denied. nor do i see anywhere in the chatgpt ui to upgrade to gpt4.
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Despite the novelty and excitement, the profit potential for AI generated applications and content isn't particularly strong. If you can make something using AI, so can everyone else. You work at a company to make money. Using AI doesn't magically allow you to do that. If you have the ability to make a profitable company, AI may help, but it's not a business plan.
> If you can make something using AI, so can everyone else The idea / creativity is hence the key. Novel ideas don't occur to everyone.
Not really. Ideas have always been cheap. They occur to everyone. Most of them aren't great, let alone good.
But good ideas, even great ones, rarely mean much on their own. It's always been execution.
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#209the average person doesn't know the distinction between chatgpt and gpt4. it's all the same thing to them. keep that in mind anytime you're talking with a non-tech person about this.
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The good news is that those copy/pasters are probably going to be copy/pasting higher quality code if they’re using GPT4.
I don't think this is good news, it's at best not-bad news. We're already inundated with content , most of it copycatting other content, and it's replacing meaningful things, like archetypal stories and philosophy. Look at how people describe Marvel movies and Star Wars shows - it's content, not stories. Scaling the ability to just repeat things without an understanding of those things will at best just add more cont…
Just about any original scientific text or undertaking begins with a literature review.