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[–] ell1e@leminal.space 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

LLMs seem to be inherently dumb: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/illusion-of-thinking

And from what I can find in recent studies, no, they didn't suddenly get smart. They just plagiarize slightly better: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949719123000213#b7

We found that the models that consistently output the highest-quality text are also the ones that have the highest memorization rate.

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 1 points 41 minutes ago

Are you asking me to reject my professional daily reality?!

You can provide sources all day, but it won’t change my reality of this being the most productivity enhancing tool since MS introduced intellisense in 1996.

If I wanted to shit on AI I could absolutely provide data to make it look like it sucks and laugh at it. It can do some really stupid shit.

In the hands of an expert, this technology is a productivity multiplier. In the hands of a beginner, this technology is a security and code quality problem. If you’re having problems controlling it, look inward.