I work as a programmer and I didn't realize how many people have already adopted AI into their workflow. About half of my coworkers (most younger people) ask chatGPT to write code for whatever they need to program before starting. Even after corporate emails about not sharing IP and trade secrets with AI people still do it. AI is a powerful tool and it cannot be un-invented. People will use it as long as it continues to make their lives easier.
this post was submitted on 17 Aug 2023
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People will use it as long as it continues to make their lives easier.
Being fired and sued for divulging trade secrets doesn't sound like an easy life.
Please tell me you don't work with medical or aerospace/military software.
If you think those industries work on the competency of their programmers instead of the competency of their systems you've got a big surprise coming for you
I don't think my experience is standalone in this. People will use tools to help them however they can. What sector a programmer in will likely have no affect on AI use. It may be harder to use on a secure network but people can still do it on their phone or personal computer. And medical and aerospace is heavily regulated and tested so the likelihood of bad AI code getting through is very low. (not to say coding mistakes don't happen, just look at the boeing 737 max crashes) And militaries also test their equipment before/after purchase. While they are often held to different standards than commercial equipment a military usually has people who are competent reviewing code and equipment.
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Tell me how you'd enforce it?
It's easy enough to wash a generated text and AI text catchers don't work.
Is it really just an honor system?
Always has been.
The way you enforce any rule.
So, how do you enforce any rule?
Define a rule, announce it to people, educate them if needed on the subject, monitor and reward those, who obey the rule, establish consequences for violating it, establish a reporting mechanism, evaluate and improve at any step if something is not working.
ChatGPT is unreliable, but AIs that can search the internet can be just as reliable and trustworthy as human authors. Of course, Bing Chat is not FOSS, so I don't fully support it, but it is very good at writing accurate articles.
ChatGPT can also search the internet
Didn’t they turned off that feature? Or has it been turned back on now?
I don’t think it was ever turned off, it just requires the subscription to access GPT-4 and then enabling the plugins.
It was a closed beta before, but it’s been available to everybody for a while now.
There was also the version with Bing integration that they removed, which might be what you’re thinking of… but there are 100’s of other web search plugins available beyond Bing.
"just as trustworthy as human authors" - Ok so you have no idea how these chatbots work do you?