On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 7:20 AM o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM ac via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > snip > > > > And, it's just a generic LLM. I've heard experienced developers > > > saying surprisingly positive things about GitHub's Copilot for quite > > > a while now. > > > As for the SQL issue - all search queries on Qwant / DDG / Google > > > lead to "how to join tables in SQL"; utterly useless. I know that > > > reasonably well. > > > And, who hasn't had a search lead them to StackOverflow where the > > > highest rated answer is strongly condemned further in the comments as > > > being wrong / out of date / insecure, etc.? > > > > > Actually, this is an interesting point. > > > > Google search seems to prioritise answers from humans and human sources. > > > > I searched on Microsoft the other day and was surprised to see that I > > could supply .js snippets (which I did not code and was too lazy to > > read through) and receive a correct answer direct from "search" > > > > So, us humans will be replaced as 'coders" - Machines will be writing > > the code which powers machines. Not only is that something for us to > > understand fully, but we also have to comprehend where we are all > > choosing to go. > > > > It is like watching episodes of "the Traitors" and seeing how the > > majority votes out a faithful. > > > > there is just nothing to do but be along for the ride :) > > > > > Lots of incorrect answers supplied by humans. > > > > > indeed, if only there was some way to 'sort' or use advanced search to > > set dates... (to exclude popular answers from 2009) or do more settings > > on search options... oh, wait.... - and then there are no search > > results... when is "search" not "search" and just becomes "answer" - > > interesting! - it is like a mobile phone - it is hardly even a mobile > > phone any longer, why do so many people still call it a 'phone' or a > > mobile phone... > > > > I think though that I will still be using Google for search, although > > when looking at it all from my perspective we are all already screwed, > > unless we can vote out all of the tratitors. (which seems increasingly > > unlikely) > > > Re: search engines - - - - to me they are totally frustrating. > > If I'm asking for a search where I want terms 'a + b + c + d + e' well - > I'm looking for where ALL 5 terms show up. Not where any one term is or > any two (etc etc). So if one is looking for very generic kind of items - - > well search is useful - - - if you're looking for the specific - - - - > search > - - - well - - its quite useless! > > (tried to sign up for chatgpt but as I'm unable to use a cellphone at my > location that's a no for even signup (and no way to reach the idiots - - > - - sorry I guess I should use people but I wonder - - to let them know > that I can't because its only after registration that connection is > allowed - - - total circular logic that is!) I'm having a hard time parsing this. I have never used a cellphone to access https://chat.openai.com -- this is where I signed up for free and later where I upgraded to Plus. The process to register is quite easy, I don't quite understand the issues you and Kevin are having. FWIW, I have had generally good results with ChatGPT4 with two exceptions: - It's awful at anything location-based - fine for solutions, not fine for opinions - Evan
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