Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI?

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI? by jerpint on Sunday November 12, 2023 @06:49AM (#38239393)

I had to implement a relatively simple auth flow recently for an app (something I haven’t done in the past). Gpt3.5 struggled to give me anything useful other than high level ideas but GPT4 gave me the exact boilerplate I needed and unblocked me.

I had searched all over the web for an example addressing my specific use case on google and couldn’t find one. GPT4 produced a working example for me and got me past that road block. I also use it regularly to suggest better coding patterns and I find it does a really good job at doing code reviews for obvious mistakes / anti-patterns

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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone else bearish on OpenAI? by mettamage on Sunday November 12, 2023 @07:02AM (#38239443)

Yea, I have a very similar experience. ChatGPT unblocks me quickly in conceptual understanding when it comes to coding. My programming knowledge is pretty good, but in certain areas I had a hard time understanding something and just skipped it. Oauth is an example of this. ChatGPT unblocked me there as well and explained the theory behind it both in the abstract case and the case pertaining to my situation. So now it's much more clear.

But my mind kind of works like: once I'm stuck I endlessly do my best to understand it, which sometimes mean that I grind to a halt. ChatGPT stops that entirely.

The fact that it always produces 2 to 3 bugs is fine.

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