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AI coding and the peanut butter and jelly problem

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121 points tylerg | 1 comments | 11 Apr 25 21:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kenjackson ◴[12 Apr 25 00:12 UTC] No.43660091[source]▶
This is actually no different than for humans once you get past the familiar. It's like the famous project management tree story: https://pmac-agpc.ca/project-management-tree-swing-story

If anything, LLMs have surprised at much better they are than humans in understanding instructions for text based activities. But they are MUCH worse than humans when it comes to creating images/videos.

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barotalomey ◴[12 Apr 25 09:59 UTC] No.43662984[source]▶
> If anything, LLMs have surprised at much better they are than humans in understanding instructions for text based activities.

That's demonstrateably false, as proven by both OpenAI's own research [1] and endless independent studies by now.

What is fascinating is how some people cling on false ideas about what LLM is and isnt.

Its a recurring fallacy that's bound to get it's own name any time soon.

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43155825

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1. otabdeveloper4 ◴[12 Apr 25 12:07 UTC] No.43663692[source]▶
People think coding is the difficult part of programming.

Which it isn't, just like pressing keys isn't the difficult part of being a pianist.

If they invented a machine to press piano keys with superhuman speed and precision that wouldn't make you a musician.