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[–] Chessmasterrex@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I play around with the paid version of chatgpt and I still don't have any practical use for it. it's just a toy at this point.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I used chatGPT to help make looking up some syntax on a niche scripting language over the weekend to speed up the time I spent working so I could get back to the weekend.

Then, yesterday, I spent time talking to a colleague who was familiar with the language to find the real syntax because chatGPT just made shit up and doesn't seem to have been accurate about any of the details I asked about.

Though it did help me realize that this whole time when I thought I was frying things, I was often actually steaming them, so I guess it balances out a bit?

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use shell_gpt with OpenAI api key so that I don't have to pay a monthly fee for their web interface which is way too expensive. I topped up my account with 5$ back in March and I still haven't use it up. It is OK for getting info about very well established info where doing a web search would be more exhausting than asking chatgpt. But every time I try something more esoteric it will make up shit, like non existent options for CLI tools

[–] farngis_mcgiles@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

ugh hallucinating commands is such a pain

[–] Subverb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's useful for my firmware development, but it's a tool like any other. Pros and cons.