The use of AI bots to assist coders seems to be sharpening the coders' communication skills both with the bots AND with human beings! That is, coders need to be much more precise about their instructions to their bots in order to get the outcomes they need. Your use reflects that kind of heightened interaction for a more accurate outcome.
Margit, I listened to that podcast episode last night. Here's a transcribed clip that further illustrates your point about improved communication. Socratic dialogue with an AI agent!
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"So he does something that I actually heard several developers have settled on as an interesting technique, which is when they want to write a new feature or write a new function or improve some aspect of code, they will essentially get into a conversation, like a Socratic dialogue with their agent."
"They'll say, OK, ask me questions about how this software feature should work. And the agent's like, OK, what is this going to do? Should it do it this way? Is it going to be written in this language or in this language?"
"By having it interview the coder, as it were, it got them to think about what the software should really be doing. And then it was off to the races with having the AI agent do things."
This is such a good posting my friend. You've kept me up to date and very well informed on the AI front. I've been using AI as a tool in my video production. My recent series "The Adventures of Bunny Love" was created using LTX and Midjourney. The evolution of these tools has been amazing. I still prefer creating "real" videos although I realize that the use of my editing skills adds a dimension of "un-reality" to the process. In any case, thanks so much.
You're welcome, Paul. I've done very little messing around with AI video tools, so if can imagine ways in which they could be deployed for Northfield.org, we should meet up!
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I found this NYT "Daily" podcast on April 14 to be interesting: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000761276347.
The use of AI bots to assist coders seems to be sharpening the coders' communication skills both with the bots AND with human beings! That is, coders need to be much more precise about their instructions to their bots in order to get the outcomes they need. Your use reflects that kind of heightened interaction for a more accurate outcome.
Wiebke would be proud of you.
Margit, thanks for your kind words, as well as that link to the Daily's episode on that. I'll listen to it soon!
Margit, I listened to that podcast episode last night. Here's a transcribed clip that further illustrates your point about improved communication. Socratic dialogue with an AI agent!
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"So he does something that I actually heard several developers have settled on as an interesting technique, which is when they want to write a new feature or write a new function or improve some aspect of code, they will essentially get into a conversation, like a Socratic dialogue with their agent."
"They'll say, OK, ask me questions about how this software feature should work. And the agent's like, OK, what is this going to do? Should it do it this way? Is it going to be written in this language or in this language?"
"By having it interview the coder, as it were, it got them to think about what the software should really be doing. And then it was off to the races with having the AI agent do things."
This is such a good posting my friend. You've kept me up to date and very well informed on the AI front. I've been using AI as a tool in my video production. My recent series "The Adventures of Bunny Love" was created using LTX and Midjourney. The evolution of these tools has been amazing. I still prefer creating "real" videos although I realize that the use of my editing skills adds a dimension of "un-reality" to the process. In any case, thanks so much.
You're welcome, Paul. I've done very little messing around with AI video tools, so if can imagine ways in which they could be deployed for Northfield.org, we should meet up!
Very interesting article, Griff. I learned quite a bit about both you and how AI works, and how AI can be used in a thoughtful manner
Glad to hear that, Ann. Thanks for letting me know.