Post AZw2Vi8GfJfu7F9FMe by Volker@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #AZw1lQ95Cx1V0fSNBA by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-09-19T19:37:17Z
       
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       Prompted GPT-4 Code Interpreter with this:----x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\xA4\x88\x0C\xABx\x99^\xC0C\xE2\x1EK\x1F\xBEB@I think this is geospatial binary data, but I don't know the format. Try a bunch of things and figure it out----It correctly guessed it was a WKB point and decoded it for me using "from shapely import wkb"https://chat.openai.com/share/76c98d7d-541f-4b31-a9ba-94628e2b39e8
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw215W1g3KJf0euFU by mitch@posts.dumb.stuff.donaberger.xyz
       2023-09-19T19:39:47Z
       
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       @simon TIL about WKB
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw2Vi8GfJfu7F9FMe by Volker@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-19T19:45:29Z
       
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       @simon how could I not know the well-known binary format. Funnily enough, this might even be useful for my work.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw4uwVuX5xnrnMliS by edrogers@fosstodon.org
       2023-09-19T20:12:35Z
       
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       @simon Slightly off-topic, but I'm interested in the choice of wording for your prompt. Specifically, the phrase "Try a bunch of things and figure it out"A few months ago, the common lore was to use the phrase, "Let's take it step-by-step." Have you found "Try a bunch of things..." to be noticeably better? (Or am I missing the forest for the trees?)
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw57UdFVW6j9qmcAS by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-09-19T20:14:19Z
       
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       @edrogers you don't need to say "step by step" with GPT-4 because they seem to have done something to it that makes it treat every prompt like it's already got that trick applied to itI always go for variants on "give me lots of options" because I find it usually gets me the result I'm looking for somewhere along the way
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw5Je4wD8fvvmWrMu by mnot@techpolicy.social
       2023-09-19T20:14:19Z
       
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       @simon holy shit
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw5JgUBGG3VOeM2zY by mnot@techpolicy.social
       2023-09-19T20:15:29Z
       
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       @simon gonna go reverse engineer some shit RIGHT NOW
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw5VumputMvE0ueJ6 by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-09-19T20:17:28Z
       
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       I've done this kind of thing quite a bit - the best thing about Code Interpreter is that it has a ton of Python libraries it can use to try and decipher arbitrary weird binary blobs, so it often churns away trying things until it figures it outExactly the kind of code challenge I don't have the patience to take on myself!
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw8OkLEeXaOfJHAga by lewiscowles1986@phpc.social
       2023-09-19T20:51:30Z
       
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       @simon I Love that this is helping you Simon.But just think of all the bast**ds it's also helping.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZw95JpH72f8sgcvOS by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
       2023-09-19T20:59:13Z
       
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       @lewiscowles1986 the way I see it, the most valuable thing I can be doing with respect to this tech right now is helping as many people as possible learn how to use it for positive purposes
       
 (DIR) Post #AZwjDAJJyGow2IinDM by josephscott@mastodon.social
       2023-09-20T03:43:53Z
       
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       @simon That is slick!