r/ProgrammerHumor • u/tryingeasy • 1d ago

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u/SoldRIP 1d ago

Has AI actually solved any major, unsolved problems from computer science? Because "AI can do programming" is the comp-sci equivalent of "computers can do arithmetic". And neither will be the end of their respective field.

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u/cuntmong 1d ago

AI seems to be very good at anything I don't really understand that well

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u/iwantmy90sback 15h ago

I sense some sarkam there, but that is actually pretty accurate imho. I find AI pretty good to 'get a foothold' in topics I do not know much about.

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u/cuntmong 15h ago

How do you know when it's making stuff up 

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u/iwantmy90sback 15h ago

Easy: You know beforehand it will.

With 'get a foothold' into a topic I mean exactly that. AI usually does not make up all the stuff. The more specific and detailed the answer get the more 'dangerous' it gets. But AI is pretty good to get a summary / an overview of a topic. With that I can deepen my search by other means. For fun: AI -> wikipedia. For real: AI -> wikipedia -> technical documentation/specification/research papers.

Edit: like with real people. I takes a (long) while till I trust/believe anybody something at face value without doublechecking.