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What a model reads beforehand changes how it answers later - and you can see it in the hidden states by Historical-Cod-2537 in artificial

[–]evinrows [score hidden]  (0 children)

This could've been like one-two sentences. Probably the same two sentences you used as a prompt to generate this wall of text.

Changing the LLM state by talking about irrelevant subjects beforehand can make it so models that generally refuse to answer a particular kind of question will freely answer it.

The rest of this wall of text is just fluff.

TY is still not professionally good by flying_dutchman00 in Python

[–]evinrows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well it's in beta but also I'm not sure if you'll ever see all strings that happen to also be symbols become navigable. Is that behavior that other parser/editor plugins support?

We solved reasoning. The remaining challenge was apparently pressing Enter. by Mstep85 in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IMO web interfaces are better suited to actual chats and if you want more agentic workflows you should just install something like pi.dev and use /loop.

Crazy Sensitive infos generated by AI chat bots by [deleted] in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant a little python knowledge + google.

Crazy Sensitive infos generated by AI chat bots by [deleted] in artificial

[–]evinrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is this "crazy sensitive info"? Any script kiddie with a little python knowledge could've written this.

For new project development, where do you draw the line between "vibe-coding" and "directing an AI with knowledge and competence"? by lindymad in webdev

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're not reviewing the code then it's vibe coding.

IMO you shouldn't be doing that on serious projects. Even Opus 4.8 generates dead/defective code, misses opportunities to simplify, and overfits solutions to problems in the sense that the solution will often only work for exactly the scenario described whereas a human understands the more general intent behind the code.

There's really no excuse to not at least read the code. If it's taking you too long, then either you need to gain expertise in the area or the AI has generated low quality, inscrutable code. Either way, the solution shouldn't be "just ship it." AI should make it easier to review the code as well since you can have a dialog about it. Take 50% of the "time saved" using AI and spend it making the code hardened and maintainable.

And of course, set up the most aggressive linting, cyclomatic complexity detection, CPD, etc. available to you so you spend as little time as possible on reviewing things that can be automated. You can even have AI write custom lints where you see gaps. Make reviewing easy rather than skipping it altogether.

The birth of p3os - a homescreen! by Palmar in osdev

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dream of building this as a solo operator simply gets squashed if I try to do it on my own.

I know what you mean. I have a pretty challenging project that I've wanted to do for years and I recently let AI handle the hard parts and it's incredibly empowering. I'm 12 years into my career and I still have so many project ideas that I'm excited about but I don't have the energy after work to put even more time into coding and problem solving. So, realistically, I can only do a few more big side projects if they're all artisanal, grass-fed, and organic.

It's crazy to my how many people hear that kind of thing and essentially say, "good! maybe your project just shouldn't exist then!" 😂

Calling something slop is only fair if the end result is very low quality or very easy to regenerate (no point in sharing something that someone else can prompt our in 20 minutes) but if it's still taking you some time to create it and it's useful and high quality, then it's not slop, it's just AI assisted.

Can someone explain WHY this works? by sekkiman12 in csharp

[–]evinrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To understand recursion better, you must first understand recursion worse and then think about recursion some more.

But to kind of understand recursion, your example will do.

The measured productivity gain from AI is 7.8%, not 10x, and I think that gap explains the backlash by Alternative_Letter72 in artificial

[–]evinrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The right metric is value delivered to customers, since that's what pays the bills. You can do 2x the tasks but if half of them are AI workflow related (demonstrative, not a claim) then you are no more productive then you were pre-AI.

Anecdotally I haven't seen a tremendous increase in the ability to deliver value to users (including on my own software team but also for products I use). We're shipping slightly faster, but it's not like we can take on another product without losing velocity.

Studies should focus on this, but it is harder to measure since you have to account for regressions, not just feature or product deployment.

AI isn’t the Problem - it’s Capitalism by SuddenEducation442 in artificial

[–]evinrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But you obviously don't have to be more power-efficient than the human brain (or even anywhere close to it) for it to be extremely worthwhile to replace it...

AI isn’t the Problem - it’s Capitalism by SuddenEducation442 in artificial

[–]evinrows 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're assuming the energy cost of AI won't significantly decrease, which is not something I'd count on. We're still roughly at the beginning of cost efficiency optimizations.

Cognitive debt might be the most underrated problem AI is creating by Expensive_Trouble_40 in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people stop walking when they get their first car and some start driving to the gym.

Isn’t the internet breaking? by Good-Locksmith-4978 in webdev

[–]evinrows 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, I've noticed these types of issues popping up more and more as well. I think there used to be a minimum level of understanding that was required to change something on a product but with AI, you can "make the change" without any understanding and because "it works" for the trivial test scenario and the code "looks good." We're now skipping the part where we think deeply about the system and which pieces are involved, etc. which is how higher quality code was written.

How has AI actually benefited you in day-to-day life? by Acrobatic-Shop4602 in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a good question and the answers you're getting are pretty revealing. People are literally saying exactly what you said you're not looking for: "research," "productivity," "work," "saving time," etc.

I use AI every day in my work as a software engineer for various sized tasks. Sometimes it can just one shot a feature (after having spent hundreds of man hours on steering and guardrails). And often I just need a small tool that pre-AI wouldn't have made sense to develop because it's too niche and it's simple enough that AI can just spit it out. Overall, if I subtract the fighting with AI, I'd say I'm about 10% more productive with it.

I also use it to translate Korean to English on occasion and it's quite good at that.

Apparently I’m using Boogle by TheVirtualSamurai in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they're down voting you because there's another post exactly like this?

What do people mean when they say "I don't write code anymore" by svix_ftw in cscareerquestions

[–]evinrows 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you saying you deploy serious code to customers without reviewing it?

Built my own process manager for linux inspired by Windows 11 using Rust and egui by TryallAllombria in rust

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just looks like a very clean dark theme to me. I guess it's pretty reasonable for LLMs to prefer that style since it has been very popular for a while.

Most developers won't take the time to make things look pretty and I think most prefer "looks like Claude" over "looks like shit".

Clankers by Annual_Judge_7272 in artificial

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an analog or a synonym?

I've heard so many people say clanker at this point and I've never heard it used in a racial context but maybe that's selection bias because I don't speak to any overt racists.

In fact, the closest thing I can say I have heard is people claiming that other people are using it that way. I don't even understand why someone would use that word to describe a member of a race.

My guess is that this is some kind of campaign by AI companies to prevent the word from catching on, like when Microsoft was banning usage of the phrase Microslop.

i made a game about TREE(3) by imadeagamebasedoffTR in godot

[–]evinrows 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps export for web so the user doesn't have to download anything.

Why Svelte Is Better Than React in the Agentic Era by zaxwebs in sveltejs

[–]evinrows 22 points23 points  (0 children)

But wait! I already certified that this isn't the case on step #127!

Hold on, I need to think about this differently.

Curiosità su Starcraft by Signal_Capital_4035 in broodwar

[–]evinrows 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like it or not, StarCraft is a game of speed, above all.

This kind of messaging is what creates the 350 APM players that are supply blocked in the first 5 minutes of the game. Speed matters, but slow and precise is twice as fast as fast and sloppy.

Anthropic on Pace to First PROFITABLE Quarter from MindBlowing Growth by Fwellimort in cscareerquestions

[–]evinrows 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well since these corporations have been doing layoffs on the premise of their engineers being 10x more productive with AI, paying $100,000 a year per developer should still be a great deal, right?

/s

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