• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Yeah fake. No way you can get 90%+ using chatGPT without understanding code. LLMs barf out so much nonsense when it comes to code. You have to correct it frequently to make it spit out working code.

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      If we’re talking about freshman CS 101, where every assignment is the same year-over-year and it’s all machine graded, yes, 90% is definitely possible because an LLM can essentially act as a database of all problems and all solutions. A grad student TA can probably see through his “explanations”, but they’re probably tired from their endless stack of work, so why bother?

      If we’re talking about a 400 level CS class, this kid’s screwed and even someone who’s mastered the fundamentals will struggle through advanced algorithms and reconciling math ideas with hands-on-keyboard software.

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      1. Ask ChatGPT for a solution.
      2. Try to run the solution. It doesn’t work.
      3. Post the solution online as something you wrote all on your own, and ask people what’s wrong with it.
      4. Copy-paste the fixed-by-actual-human solution from the replies.
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        You mean o3 mini? Wasn’t it on the level of o1, just much faster and cheaper? I noticed no increase in code quality, perhaps even a decrease. For example it does not remember things far more often, like variables that have a different name. It also easily ignores a bunch of my very specific and enumerated requests.

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      5 months ago

      Usually this joke is run with a second point of view saying, do I tell them or let them keep thinking this is cheating?