[sdiy] Chat GPT Image analysis.

[Kevin Walsh]

I maybe didn't make a clear distinction between GPT3 and GPT4. GPT3 is useless at coding but GPT4 is much better.

Grant,
The image analysis is brand new in the last few days, and I have yet to really get a proper play with it, but it's definitely got a bit of a way to go with analysing circuits. It kept saying there was an opamp in the Moog - CP3 mixer.
That article looks like a good read, thanks for that.

Sean,
That sounds about right from my experience, it does seem to yield better results to lay out the whole project rather than starting with a simple core and bolting bits on to it.
Any links from the training material? ;D

Roman,
It sounds like your friend may have been using GPT3. It also sounds like he is a bit of a Del Boy! LOL!
Seriously though, with all due respect, you are giving a harsh but accurate example. It's immediately apparent that this is going to lower the barrier to entry and lead to a flood of terrible code out there written by noobs with bad habits. Just wait til they add Alexa to it! Yikes!
On a positive note though, good coders can use it like a good time saving tool. There are many useful jobs it can fill that are adjacent to coding and synth design that will be beneficial even if it's not being used as the main coder.
The calculator didn't kill maths or dumb it down. It just speeded things up for practical uses. YKWIM...

Bbob,
Good points, and there will be a lot more bad code on the web coming soon! I will give the link you provided a good play later, thanks for that!

Sean,
Yeah, it's a crud-in=crud-out kind of thing. There's a knack to crafting prompts for sure. The approach is a lot like how an interrogator coaxes confessions from criminals.

Quincas,
You echo my view of it exactly. I have been recommending it to my friends and colleagues and so far everyone seems to appreciate it's usefulness as I do.

Benjamin,
It's only a matter of time before it's an excellent c++ coder, that's for sure. I wonder if what you describe there is like an academic (convergent) thinker as opposed to the creative (divergent) thinker. Obviously, we are all somewhere in between but your insight to GPT sounds like glimpse of 'rainman'!

Mike,
Very interesting. Did he use text prompts alone or also image analysis? What you say there ties in with my previous comment in that it closely mimics how we think! It's standing on the shoulders of giants!

Florian,
Nice quote! That is also true of 'natural' intelligence. You don't need to be a mechanic to drive a car. Nor do you need to if your want to use it stupidly.

Thanks for the insights folks.

I'm sure we all look forward to (or maybe have an existential terror) seeing where this goes.

Kevin.

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