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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Syed Shah🏴☠️🌊
@syed
I’d guess it comes down to why you write vs why you code.
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eirrann | he/him
@eirrann.eth
Try training a model on your writing to see if it can nail your written voice
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loudsqueak
@loudsqueak
don’t be fooled. the code is slop
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Ben
@benersing
It’s not you. I can’t speak to its competence in coding since it’s also hard for me to evaluate. It’s writing though is sub par. Generally good as a thought partner / brainstorming, rapid research and synthesis, outlining, and very raw first drafts. The writing itself though…not good.
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kia
@kia
AI is indeed better in coding and math and anything else that can be formally verified and it'll only get better in those domains because synthetic data can go a lot further but yeah the effect is real too
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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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Matt
@tameel.eth
I think it’s actually better at coding because it’s more deterministic than writing
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Maurice
@maurice
Yeah AI is pretty bad at writing.
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✿ ZACH HARRIS ✿
@zachharris.eth
What AI / LLMs are you using for writing? There’s def more specialized ones out there. Ex. Grammarly and Copy.ai are two non OpenAIs that come to mind
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