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ChatGPT spends 'tens of millions of dollars' on people saying 'please' and 'thank you', but Sam Altman says it's worth it (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. AI is an interesting tool. I have good success in asking for mostly small specific bits of functionality that I then integrate into a larger script. It also helps with rubber duck programing by requiring me to more clearly specify requirements.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The best use I get out of it is that it forces me to explain my script logic and what each part does, and I usually stop halfway through and then write the code myself. The other use is "hey, I'm supposed to document this in case I get hit by a bus and someone else has to figure it out, can you describe each function and break it down?"

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I have been using it for documentation a lot recently. I find tweaking/correcting it's 70% correct comments to be less time/effort than writing it myself from nothing. I think part of it is using Cunningham's law on myself.

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