alt Hacker NewsWhy does that matter? The argument still stands, they are still dumb. We learned some ways to bypass the dumbness and automate some major workflows, and we still see them fail at random things.
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9dev • yesterday at 11:34 PM
It matters the same way saying “solar panels are super expensive” has been historically true not too long ago, but prices have fallen so rapidly it’s simply no longer a correct statement - even if you will occasionally come across an overpriced offer here and there.
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smugtrain • yesterday at 11:32 PM
“They are still dumb” “We learned some ways to bypass the dumbness”
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It matters because they used to be just dumb, but now they are at the same time smart and dumb.
I can work on ideas with LLMs, even within my own area of expertise. They know quite a lot, and can take an idea I have and run with it. I would never trust them to be correct, but if I give them a new idea and ask them to work out details and raise any issues they find, I can quickly evaluate their findings, and take them into account when developing the idea further.
I do not do this on all ideas, not even most. Most of the time it is still me, a sheet of paper or some code. But still, comparing to how it was a year ago, it is night and day!
A year ago I would just close the window after the first reply, shaking my head at its stupidity. I can still get that experience by using anything but Opus 5.5 or Fable. I tried the $20 ChatGPT tier last week and was immediately thrown back to that old annoyance! (I am sure the best OpenAI models are fine)