▲ 585 ▼ 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (www.zdnet.com) submitted 2 months ago by Nobody_Special@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 130 comments fedilink hide all child comments A new Coddy Developer Survey found that four in five developers, 80%, say their use of AI has felt more like a dependence than an advantage.
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children) Yah, it is generally a glorified search tool. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) A pretty good one. I mean we're running out of them, google isn't very helpful anymore, and DDG is just a frontend... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Eh, I've had VERY mixed results. I've had it tell me information that I absolutely knew was wrong, and it did so with great confidence, until I copy and pasted the excerpt from the website and the URL back to it. It then goes, "Oh you're right!" Ughhhh.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Mixed results. Just like an ordinary search. And please note- you knew it was wrong. It is much easier using a tool when you know when it's misbehaving. Sure the level of utility varies from person to person and situation to situation, but there are things I am truly grateful that AI helped me understand, learn, or just spit back at me. It is a very useful tool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (2 children) A pretty good one. I mean we're running out of them, google isn't very helpful anymore, and DDG is just a frontend... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Eh, I've had VERY mixed results. I've had it tell me information that I absolutely knew was wrong, and it did so with great confidence, until I copy and pasted the excerpt from the website and the URL back to it. It then goes, "Oh you're right!" Ughhhh.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Mixed results. Just like an ordinary search. And please note- you knew it was wrong. It is much easier using a tool when you know when it's misbehaving. Sure the level of utility varies from person to person and situation to situation, but there are things I am truly grateful that AI helped me understand, learn, or just spit back at me. It is a very useful tool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Eh, I've had VERY mixed results. I've had it tell me information that I absolutely knew was wrong, and it did so with great confidence, until I copy and pasted the excerpt from the website and the URL back to it. It then goes, "Oh you're right!" Ughhhh.... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Mixed results. Just like an ordinary search. And please note- you knew it was wrong. It is much easier using a tool when you know when it's misbehaving. Sure the level of utility varies from person to person and situation to situation, but there are things I am truly grateful that AI helped me understand, learn, or just spit back at me. It is a very useful tool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Mixed results. Just like an ordinary search. And please note- you knew it was wrong. It is much easier using a tool when you know when it's misbehaving. Sure the level of utility varies from person to person and situation to situation, but there are things I am truly grateful that AI helped me understand, learn, or just spit back at me. It is a very useful tool. permalink fedilink source parent