Re:Asking ChatGPT to write my security-sensitive code for me
by hutzlibu on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:14AM
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"Imagine being an expert on all sub-fields of IT, law, marketing, medical, etc and being able to combine all that knowledge from those fields. A human will never be able to do that. The potential is huge but like any source of information you have to verify."
ChatGPT is not an expert in any of these fields, it just has an enormous detail knowledge, but no understanding. A real expert actually understands his field and gives answers that makes sense and clearly states if he does not know something. ChatGPT always gives authorative answers and sometimes they are right. It is a advanced tool, but no competent human is about to be replaced by it anytime soon.
Re:Asking ChatGPT to write my security-sensitive code for me
by wkat4242 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @06:02PM
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I would beg to differ. It can combine information from various sources and make it into a working script or program. I've seen it do that various times with questions much to obscure to have found 1:1 on google. This is not a talking search engine, it's really something much more advanced.
We use a not super common proprietary system at work which uses a custom query language. I can ask it "In system X, could you give me a query that finds XYZ". And it not only knows what system I'm talking about, it actually gives me a working query that would take me a couple hours to figure out and that's after I've had a few days' worth of training on it. Not to mention a huge IT background.
And ChatGPT is not a one-trick pony, IT isn't the only field it knows about. The potential is huge but like any source of information you have to verify.
But what really is scary is extrapolating this to the next step forward. And the one after that.