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Cross posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/35627632

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[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think there might be a lot of value in describing it to an AI, though. It takes a fair bit of clarity of thought to get something resembling what you actually want. You could use a junior or rubber duck instead, but the rubber duck doesn't make stupid assumptions to demonstrate gaps in your thought process, and a junior takes too long and gets demoralized when you have to constantly revise their instructions and iterate over their work.

Like the output might be garbage, but it might really help you write those stories.

[–] Distant_Foreground@lemm.ee 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

When I'm struggling with a problem it helps me to explain it to my dog. It's great for me to hear it out loud and if he's paying attention, I've got a needlessly learned dog!

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

The needlessly learned dogs are flooding the job market!

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

Oh, God, he's trying to use pointers again. He can never get them right. And they say I'm supposed to chase my tail...

[–] RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

I love this way of thinking about it.

I haven't been interested in AI enough to try writing code with it, but using it as an interactive rubber ducky is a very compelling use case. I might give that a shot.