Re:Show HN: Ask Roboflow, the AI that answers programming qu...
by Piskvorrr on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:26AM
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"Does it actually work? Kind of."
Iff "actually works" means "lorem ipsum generator." It generates something that looks superficially like programming answers, but makes no sense whatsoever; it seems to be on par with a simple Markov chain.
Example from "top 1000":
> What is console.log and how do I use it?
> In my configuration model I set up my InFile active output file: ./DevFine/mysite/ .py
In other words, AI cargo cult. "It sorta kinda works <small>(except for the one problem that it's supposed to solve. That part doesn't work, but all the bells and whistles do.)</small> Perhaps if we can make it look even more like SO, it will magically start working. Any minute now."
Iff "actually works" means "lorem ipsum generator." It generates something that looks superficially like programming answers, but makes no sense whatsoever; it seems to be on par with a simple Markov chain.
Example from "top 1000":
> What is console.log and how do I use it?
> In my configuration model I set up my InFile active output file: ./DevFine/mysite/ .py
In other words, AI cargo cult. "It sorta kinda works <small>(except for the one problem that it's supposed to solve. That part doesn't work, but all the bells and whistles do.)</small> Perhaps if we can make it look even more like SO, it will magically start working. Any minute now."