Oddbean new post about login | logout @492520fd not as a general rule, but I have 14+ months of experience now doing useful work with LLMs (I was using GPT-3 on a regular basis before ChatGPT came out) Have I been deluding myself for over a year?
@4ebb1885 Okay, but what is „useful work“ for your understanding?
@492520fd writing working (tested) code on my phone while walking my dog. Digital forensics against weird binary formats that I've not been able to open. Learning new things faster. Extracting structured data from unstructured documents. Brainstorming names for things. Understanding the jargon in academic papers. Using advanced GitHub features. Building better search tools. Writing software that uses AppleScript, Bash, jq and a myriad of other DSLs that I never learned.
@4ebb1885 Thanks a lot, I see. :) I guess the real argument should be, if they are worth it given the the Swiss knife role they play in the recent spam surge, e.g. https://amycastor.com/2023/09/12/pivot-to-ai-pay-no-attention-to-the-man-behind-the-curtain.
@492520fd right: whether or not the positives can outweigh the negatives is still a very open question! I'm trying to put my thumb on the scale in favour of the positives