• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    Fake money for criminals is unironically a decent addition to the world, although it’s coded in a really dumb way. Plagiarism machine is overhyped right now, but it also has some legit uses.

    So, the poll actually seems about right.

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      3 days ago

      Even the chatbots now can write code that compiles and does what you tell it to. I’m a system analyst and can code but I am slow. Now I can give a design to any of them and get code that works in a couple of hours, with most of the time spent iterating toward the right result

      In the past it often took a week of afternoons and late nights to turn an idea into working code. I can see why programmers fear for their jobs

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        20 hours ago

        It has some serious reliability and scalability issues as of last I checked, but yes, if you’re a skilled programmer who can check for shit like this:

        it’s a good force multiplier.