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Re:Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive? by re-thc on Saturday March 25, 2023 @08:25AM (#35301975)
Automobile were faster or equivalent to horses (even early 1s). At the moment GPT isn't.

Well I hope... I've definitely seen teams and codebases with worse output than GPT so...

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Re:Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive? by dharmab on Saturday March 25, 2023 @02:06PM (#35305296)
> Automobile were faster or equivalent to horses (even early 1s).

The automobile was invented in 1885, but didn't replace the horse until the 1910s.

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Re:Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive? by re-thc on Sunday March 26, 2023 @01:11AM (#35311210)
For the same reasons or different 1s? Could be cost, accessibility and others.
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Re:Ask HN: How are you using GPT to be productive? by dharmab on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:31AM (#35312001)
Largely because of infrastructure. You could get animal feed in places you couldn't get gasoline and oil. And horses don't need smooth roads.
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