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Re:Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today? by lucumo on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:57AM (#39559287)
If the cost-savings is worth it compared to the problems...

I mean, that's how we do it with humans. It's quite a common occurrence to keep a part of a business process human because automating it would we too expense due to edge cases.

Humans make mistakes and are expensive, but are also flexible and usually smartish. ChatGPT makes mistakes and is usually dumbish, but is also flexible and cheap.

Engineering is about picking the right trade-offs in your solution.

Re:Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today? by fuzztester on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:26AM (#39559451)
>I mean, that's how we do it with humans. It's quite a common occurrence to keep a part of a business process human because automating it would we too expense due to edge cases.

Which part of the human do people keep? The head? Arms? ;)

#ParsingAmbiguityError

Re:Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today? by fractalb on Friday March 01, 2024 @02:04AM (#39559330)
> ChatGPT makes mistakes and is usually dumbish, but is also flexible and cheap.

People wouldn't mind it if the keyword `dumbish` has been all along there.