• Eheran@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    Without chatGPT I could not have repaired things where I simply threw the datasheet at it and got code to reprogram it, like for an BMS. I could not digitize data streams by sniffing I2C. I could not use computer vision to decode a display. I could not make control and data logging interfaces for machines, turning decade old shit into good-as-new just based on their serial interface. Etc. Etc.

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        10 hours ago

        How blinded by your hate/rage are you that you blindly(!) dismiss the things I do (a random person you do not know) with the help of that tool? Disgusting MAGA level of “argument”.

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          4 hours ago

          Hate or rage? That’s absolutely silly. I’m a computer scientist and I value actual skill.

          I mean do a little thought experiment. If there was a dude who followed me around everywhere and I could always ask him for code-based solutions to things, and he gives them to me, am I coding? Have I actually done anything?

          You could argue that the system of he and I were accomplishing something together but the problem with that logic is that if you removed me from the system, as a middleman, you’re left with someone who still did the work. In that particular system I add absolutely nothing, therefor I’m not actually a part that is of any real use.

          If the box is handing you the answers to things you don’t know how to do then guess what - you still don’t know how to do those things. Eventually you get into a position where you have a product that you can no longer properly understand, debug, or make any real use out of.

          I think the real tell here is how sensitive you are if anybody calls you out on your b******* and even the smallest way. Have a nice day :-).