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  • I have yet to be able to vibe code anything relatively involved. The closest I’ve come is a ffmpeg wrapper script to edit out scenes from a video with a fade in/fade out title card. But even then, I ended up at some point having to debug and add my own arg support because it kept screwing things up. The first draft did do something, though.

    I find at this point that it’s still only useful if I have a very clear goal in mind with a lot of context on the area I need to make changes to. That lets me get a more specific prompt, and then I’ll still need to review the output. I have only ever gotten a successful one shot like this with tests.


















  • Agreed that ChatGPT has no motives.

    But the thing about these chatbots (as opposed to search engine or library) is that the responses will be in natural language. It won’t just spit out a list of instructions, it will assemble a natural language response that affirms your actions or choices, and sometimes include words that sound empathetic.

    I would imagine some of the generated replies would say something to the effect of:

    “It’s terribly sad that you’ve committed to ending your own life, but given the circumstances, it’s an understandable course of action. Here are some of the least painful ways to die:…”

    Are people looking for something to blame besides themselves? Absolutely. But I think the insidious thing here is that AI companies are absolutely trying to make chatbots a replacement for human connection.