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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by wenc on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:00PM (#40654022)
And this is the power of ChatGPT. Instead of reading a ton of literature, you can ask it for algorithms in literature that map to your problem.

I work in a space where I simply don't have bandwidth to read every paper out there, but a few question on ChatGPT managed to narrow the field for me in 30 seconds, and I could take it from there. It could even prototype the algorithm tailored to my specs. Game changer.

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by purple-leafy on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:01AM (#40655013)
And it will give you a crap answer 95% of the time. Good luck using chatjippity when you have any level of complexity.

I’m working on a React UI based SQL query builder, where the entire data structure is recursive.

ChatGPT is literally unusable for this

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by wenc on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:08AM (#40655055)
That's a very biased point of view. I use it for mathematical formulations for optimization problems and it gives me very good answers most of the time. The literature is very strong but hard to search via keywords. ChatGPT manages to digest the literature and does a good job pattern matching to the right problem.

(I also use the paid version).

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by huygens6363 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:51AM (#40655333)
> UI based SQL query builder

Well, there’s your problem.

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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by xcv123 on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:37AM (#40655236)
We're talking about finding references or details of existing algorithms to solve a specific problem. What you are trying to do has nothing to do with that and it's a waste of time with an LLM.
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Re:How Much of a Genius-Level Move Was Using Binary Space Pa... by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @07:48AM (#40656976)
> And it will give you a crap answer 95% of the time

You're underselling it. Not only will it give you a crap answer, but it'll give it to you with unerring confidence!

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