[HN Gopher] I recorded a screen capture of a task. Gemini genera...
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I recorded a screen capture of a task. Gemini generated code to
replicate it
Author : Michelangelo11
Score : 35 points
Date : 2024-02-22 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (twitter.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (twitter.com)
| juniperror wrote:
| Web repeating actually feels like a good fit for these current
| gen multimodal agents.
|
| Unsure if the code was provided (logged out I only see the one
| post) so unable to speak to the code or how it runs, but judging
| by the poster's profile I think I can trust they know when code
| runs correctly. Though it does appear they're currently working
| at this specific agent's parent company.
|
| Honestly, this impresses me more in the work the selenium team
| has been doing than the llm that used their api.
| internetter wrote:
| They said it worked with modifications (the code got them 90%
| of the way)
| eden_hazard wrote:
| I feel like most engineers on hackernews/reddit have been
| underestimating AI tech. People always say it sucks and it gets
| starts hallucinating nonexistent libraries and what not but we
| are still in the early phase of this technology. And that how it
| could never replace them as AI will make current engineers more
| efficient.
|
| I've been scared of AI since seeing chatgbt a couple of years
| ago. I feel like it's only a matter of time until a dev can feed
| an AI machine it's entire code base and business requirements.
| And then a separate AI could carry out the manual/integration
| testing tasks. AI could potentially cut down the number of devs
| required to maintain a webapp or ios app after it's built.
|
| I feel triggered by this post especially because I've made it a
| career writing automation code haha.
| wolverine876 wrote:
| This stage is called denial. There's also anger, bargaining,
| depression, and finally, in the end, acceptence. I'm saying in
| a funny way, but I suspect it's true.
|
| Who can say how AI will develop, but beware of happily-ever-
| after stories. It could be a nightmare for all of civilization,
| for just engineers, or just not develop much futher.
| jhrmnn wrote:
| The problem with this is that it could be a universal
| argument against any skepticism. So unless skeptics are
| always wrong, it doesn't really work
| hooverd wrote:
| Nah, it will bifurcate the industry between people who have a
| mental model of how things work and people who only know how
| to press the code dispenser button. Offshore teams will be
| able to sling 10x times the slop 10x times faster.
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| _> Offshore teams will be able to sling 10x times the slop
| 10x times faster_
|
| Or it will reduce the demand for inexperienced juniors and
| offshore teams since you can replace their slop with AI
| slop.
| hooverd wrote:
| Well, it's a good thing seniors are hired from the void
| fully trained. /s
| Buttons840 wrote:
| And those who know what they're doing will have reliable
| work fixing the slop they made, but for less pay. (I say
| this because, judging by pay, building a new website, no
| matter how poorly, is more valuable then doing something
| like maintaining the banking systems.)
| pton_xd wrote:
| What's the new "just learn to code, bro" platitude we can throw
| around?
| FirmwareBurner wrote:
| _" Just learn to do plumbing bro."_
|
| Seriously, the demand for skilled handymen in the cities is
| insane.
| urbandw311er wrote:
| I am really sorry to whinge but is there any way at all to avoid
| posting links to tweets? Visiting twitter is such a horrible soul
| destroying experience.
|
| I can't work out how to full screen the video if it's even
| possible.
|
| The resolution on the video is too poor for me to be able to read
| the code.
|
| There are ads and troll comments everywhere.
|
| It seems to want me to create an account.
|
| It's just horrific.
|
| Is there really no better way to showcase some cool observation
| or story about Gemini doing something useful?
| curtisblaine wrote:
| IMHO you need to understand that not everyone has their soul
| "destroyed" by the mere presence of a Twitter link. Asking a
| whole Internet forum to not post links to a major social
| network you don't like is a massive exercise in entitlement.
| WinnieRallycar wrote:
| Has anybody tried feeding a LLM a bunch of business rules and
| having it generate a program that meets them?
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