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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by korijn on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:54AM (#35197083)
If as GP says AI could automate 1% of a single programmer's job (the boring part where you write code), then how on earth can you derive that a single programmer could do the job of 5 with AI? It's completely illogical.
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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by coldtea on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:20AM (#35197470)
The GP talks out of their ass.

If they indeed wait for input from other departments/companies 99% of the time (so they just need to actually program 5 minutes in their 8-hour workday), then they can be already thrown out of a job and have the company do with 1/10 the programmers, no AI required...

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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by koolba on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:31AM (#35197611)
Clearly the company needs to dedicate a programmer to wait on each customer individually. You can’t have the same person waiting for two things simultaneously.
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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by intelVISA on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:40AM (#35197707)
Can't believe companies are still single-threaded in 2023.
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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by korijn on Friday March 17, 2023 @12:47PM (#35199538)
Exactly!
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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by diab0lic on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:12AM (#35197330)
I suspect the post you’re replying to disagrees with the 1% figure.
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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by marstall on Saturday March 18, 2023 @11:10AM (#35209703)
many programmers (most?) spend hours a day coding and see it as the best part of their day?
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