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mallocPlusAI (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know it is, but I’ve also seen people try to use ChatGPT for similar things as a serious endeavor.

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Friendly reminder that CalcGPT exists

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 6 points 1 month ago

Neat! Never seen this one before.

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Where's my 1 million dollars?

[–] foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

how is it different from a calculator or say a Python REPL? i'm asking b/c i'm too old to try out young folks inefficiently engineered "solutions".

[–] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

You input some text, chatGPT guesses the answer using the linear algebra that powers LLMs

The project was made as a satire of companies putting AI into everything

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

have you ever wanted your calculator to be able to be wrong like a human?
Like, not just calculating the wrong answer or returning an error, i mean outright brainfart and just giving a nonsense answer