Ask HN: Do you use AI at work?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39903388

by zer0tokens • 2 years ago

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Do you use chat models like ChatGPT or Claude at work or in your industry?

I am a mid-level software engineer, and sometimes it feels like ChatGPT was a godsend, but I have spoken with people from other industries, like finance and sales, and they said that they could not find a way to use ChatGPT in their workflow.

Is using ChatGPT or other LLMs niche-specific?

woofcat• 2 years ago

It can be useful to solve the "blank page problem" i.e. to get an initial set of data to challenge. However it has zero customer data, or internal code to help with anything like that.

tamaharbor• 2 years ago

No. Like the marketing folks, it talks pretty, but it lies.

raxxorraxor• 2 years ago

I do use a local LLM for coding support. There are limitations, but it can do some scaffolding tests and templating or provide additional documentation beyond the usual function reference. I rarely let it implement or autocomplete my code.

Granted, this is most helpful in common languages and common environments. In more exotic environments (i.e. custom industrial hardware interfaces) the AI usually is of limited help.

For writing an offer, an AI can probably help. It will absolutely ruin your day if it has to do basic calculations if these type of queries isn't forwarded to a another specialized AI that isn't an LLM. It does often find fitting headers for your data visualizations though.

Ask HN: Do you use AI at work?

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