clif comments on Experienced software developers assumed AI would save them a chunk of time. But in one experiment, their tasks took 20% longer

[–] clif@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (4 children)

My problem with this, if I understand correctly, is I can usually do all of this faster without having to lead a LLM around by the nose and try to coerce it into being helpful.

That said, search engines do suck ass these days (thanks LLMs)

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

That's been my biggest problem with the current state of affairs. It's now easier to research newer tech through an LLM than it is to play search-result-wack-a-mole, on the off chance that what you need is on a forum that's not Discord. At least an AI can mostly make sense of vendor docs and extrapolate a bit from there. That said, I don't like it.

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

People will literally do anything to avoid rtfm

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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

It's a struggle even finding the manual these days if you don't already know where it is / what it's called. I was searching about an issue with my car recently and like 90% of the results are generic AI-generated "How to fix ______" with no actual information specific to the car I'm searching for.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 9 months ago*

I searched up a video to replace a part on my car. I did find it, but I also found 15 videos that were AI generated product reviews of the part.

I definitely also want my car parts to be "sleek and stylish" when hidden away under a plastic cover under the hood lmao

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