Re:A ChatGPT mistake cost us $10k
by whakim on Sunday June 09, 2024 @09:21PM
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I totally disagree with this. You might as well argue that we shouldn't use code-completion of any kind because you might accidentally pick the wrong dependency or import. Or perhaps we shouldn't use any third-party libraries at all because you can use them to write reasonable-looking but incorrect code? Heck, why even bother using a programming language at all since we don't "own" how it's interpreted or compiled? Ultimately I agree that using third-party tools saves time at the cost of potentially introducing some types of bugs. (Note that said tools may also help you avoid other types of bugs!) But it's clearly a tradeoff (and one where we've collectively disagreed with you the vast, vast majority of the time) and boiling that down to AI=bad misses the forest for the trees.
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It is possible to use autocompletion correctly.
It is possible to use libraries correctly.
It is not possible to use AI correctly. It is only possible to correct its inevitable mistakes.