On 6/5/25 11:32 AM, Mark Knecht wrote:
> A book is one way to go, especially if someone trusted recommends
> the title.
>
> As for me - and this isn't bash scripting - but I've learned Python just
> using videos on YouTube coupled with asking AI Helpers {Chat GTP,
> Gemini, Claude, Deepseek, Copilot} either questions I want answered
> or, more importantly, providing it with some code I wrote and asking it
> two basic questions:
>
> 1) What does this code do?
>
> 2) Are there any problems this code might cause or side effects I
> should be aware of?
>
> Those two questions plus a copy of my real data I want to work on
> so that it doesn't make a mistake and delete or corrupt my real data
> have allowed me to make a lot of progress without spending a
> penny. I suspect this would work well for you if it suits your learning
> style.
>
> I see plenty of videos on YouTube about bash scripting.
>
> All of the AI helpers will answer 20-30 questions a day for free so
> there's no cost involved, and you can ask each of them the same
> questions to get multiple points of view on solving your problems.Artificial non-intelligence is based on a sophisticated https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Libs generator. It is a program designed to produce pseudorandom output streams with a weight towards grammatically correct output. It possesses no knowledge or reasoning and literally *cannot* possess the attribute of being correct. It is very good at superficially looking correct. Whether or not it actually is correct is up to a roll of the dice. Any knowledgeable AI user will tell you: AI *cannot* be safely used unless you already know what you are doing and can review the results before running it. AI proponents find AI useful to reduce the manual labor involved in writing the script -- ***not*** for figuring out the correct thing to do. This is an iterative process of rejecting answers that look wrong and tweaking the prompt, getting the AI to try again and again until it gets the right answer. DO NOT USE AI AS A TEACHER. YOU WILL BREAK YOUR SYSTEM IRREPARABLY. You will delete all your data by accident. You will be the latest example of a foolish fool posting on Reddit in tears, asking if there is any way to recover years worth of labor that wasn't backed up properly. You will learn nothing, or you will learn how to write incorrect and buggy scripts because you aren't able to evaluate which answers are hallucinations. -- Eli Schwartz
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