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jschell21-Sep-23 5:17
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GeneralAn extension to Fix my AI, or my latest experience which was positive. PinPopular
jkirkerx19-Sep-23 7:37
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Thought I'd put this in a separate post here.

I didn't realize that so many coders are trying generative AI to write code now, but I'm guilty of it as well, only I didn't have to come to CP and ask for human help to fix my AI help.

I spent the last week using AI to write code around my code, to optimize database functions in PHP8. I asked AI or ChatGpt to add try and catch statements, close the connection, free the statement, add error logging and include the function name in the error statements, add parameters and use prepared statements to over 900 database functions in this app I'm trying to get finished.

It made lots of mistakes at first, but I told it to remove certain stuff that wasn't compatible and it remembered the instructions for about 4 hours, and then it went dumb on me, and I had to start again with training. Seems like ChatGpt has multiple personalities, one that is lazy, one that is eager to help, and one that over helps and needs to be toned down, told that personality to keep it simple.

This was a case where it didn't steal someones code, but stole the coding style and structure from someone and added it to my code. ChatGpt says it can't run code, but it was able to recognize small mistakes in the code I inherited and fix them for me, and then brag about it. It also recognized database functions that should be transaction based and suggested the change and made them for me. It even went as far as breaking down large functions into multiple functions, and told me to complete that work my self, or fill in the blanks.

I got lucky and was able to use generative AI to perform work for me that was acceptable to use. But I can see how in the hands of new programmers, it can be a disaster if you don't understand what it presented or how it works.

That's my recent experience which was more positive than negative this time. Plus I had to know if this AI and companies claiming to use AI was just hype or not. Guess the question is one day in the future their going to charge money to use it, and if it's worth it or not.
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