phil
@phil
Recently I’ve found myself subject to an AI version of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect. When I use AI for tasks where I’m reasonably competent, like writing, I’m disgusted with the output. Barely any of it is usable. But when I use AI for programming I’m happy to let it fill in entire swathes of code. I’m not sure if this is because I’m just worse at programming and can’t notice the slop, or if it’s legitimately better at the more formal domain of programming. Writing still seems to have some sort of subjective quality that is very hard to pin down.
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Matthew
@matthew
I think it is genuinely better at coding than it is at writing. could be bc coding is more deterministic — it either runs or it doesn’t. that said i’ve found GPT to be way more helpful in critiquing, modifying, and translating than I have in generating new output
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