[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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