[fab1an]

This is a GREAT resource, thanks for posting.

I feel the advent of GPT-3 / Codex and the power that comes with it has been surprisingly underestimated - maybe because the folks who would benefit most from it (people who don't write code, like myself) haven't really caught up with it, while the ones using it (mostly people who do write code) maybe don't see the immediate benefits as much (and maybe are a little bit concerned about what this will mean to their economic position in all this...?)

I've played around a ton with simple GPT-3 code over the last few weeks and am in total awe of the possibilities this opens up to folks like me (who don't write code)

E.g. I had GPT-3 write me app script integrations of itself (!) and stablediffusino into a Google Sheet, allowing me to build a massive sandbox playground for various prototyping experiments.

Here's a thread on that process if you're curious: https://twitter.com/fabianstelzer/status/1577416649514295297

[ShamelessC]

That is the opposite of my experience. Being a skilled coder means I can verify the outputs quickly. Further using a beginner coding “style” actually encourages the model to output similarly “beginner” code.

It has been the largest boon to my productivity in years. I code exclusively in Python where copilot is quite good. In my experience the comments of supposed “experienced” coders mad about copilot are either GPL proponents or people who work with mostly statically typed languages. Almost none of them have actually used Copilot and certainly didn’t use it long enough to ascertain a “good faith” criticism of it (so not just “it outputs subtle bugs throw it in the trash!”)

There’s also just a natural reaction to hate things poised to make you redundant ( probably should have considered this when becoming a coder, though).

[evanthebouncy]

yes. reading some of your twitter posts I'd say I share your sentiment on how codex will upend the programming world. but I think better integrations and statement of intents need to be more fleshed out, given openAI & friends are tech companies and not user companies, the UX part will take time.