alt Hacker NewsI could imagine a world where LLM coding was fun. It would sound like "imagine a game, like Galaxians but using tractor trailers, and as a first person shooter." And it pumps out a draft and you say, "No, let's try it again with an army of bagpipers."
In other words, getting to be the "ideas guy", but without sounding like a dipstick who can't do anything.
I don't think we're anywhere near that point yet. Instead we're at the same point where we are with self-driving: not doing anything but on constant alert.
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There are multiple self driving car companies that are fully autonomous and operating in several cities in the US and China. Waymo has been operating for many years.
There are full self driving systems that have been in operation with human driver oversight from multiple companies.
And the capabilities of the LLMs in regards to your specific examples were demonstrated below.
The inability of the public to perceive or accept the actual state of technology due to bias or cognitive issues is holding back society.
For me the excitement is palpable when I've asked it to write a feature, then I go test it and it entirely works as expected. It's so cool.
Prompt one:
Result: https://gisthost.github.io/?771686585ef1c7299451d673543fbd5dPrompt two:
Result: https://gisthost.github.io/?60e18b32de6474fe192171bdef3e1d91I'll be honest, the bagpiper 3D models were way better than I expected! That game's a bit too hard though, you have to run sideways pretty quickly to avoid being destroyed by incoming fire.
Here's the full transcript: https://gisthost.github.io/?73536b35206a1927f1df95b44f315d4c