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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

This is how I use it, and it's a great way for me to speed up. It's a rubber duck for me. I have a fake conversation, it gives me different ideas or approaches to solve a problem. It does amazing with that

The code it spits out is something else though. The code it's trained on in GitHub means it could be based on someone with 2 months experience writing their CS201 program, or a seasoned experienced engineer. I've found it faster to get the gist of what it's saying, then rewrite it to fit my application.

Not even mentioning the about 50% chance response of "hey why don't you use this miracle function that does exactly what you need" and then you realize that the miracle function doesn't exist, and it just made it up.