Until a court decides what it does and doesn't do I'm staying clear
Here's it outputting Quake code, including handy comments it came up with for each line and even an entire line of commented out code. Maybe it decided it was a good choice to comment it out but still include it I guess
Being word for word from the original is just a weird coincidence too
I truly wanted it to be as good as it was sold to us too, but it isn't
Ah I see. I think my perception of your point was altered by you having been downvoted by someone making the text grey (can't read text = bad comment). Sorry about that.
I'll try to avoid letting downvotes bias me in future
Well, my understanding is that your point is that it's not useful and only regurgitates code it already saw. That's super false, it's useful tool that generates code in a very context sensitive manner. Not always perfect, and in alpha, but still very useful.
The full copying only results from people actively probing the model to output copies of the code, and they made it work for very famous code that's been copied around github a bunch of times. That doesn't make it a non-useful piece of software.
> that generates code in a very context sensitive manner
That's why I compared it to a markov chain aye
In any case I've come to the conclusion my hater attitude is fueled by disappointment, so maybe it was the worst take from this whole thing. I'll avoid future copilot threads
It's a bit harsh to make sweeping statements along the lines of 'it's just a fancy markov bot' based on a few well-publicised glitches in a technical preview.
I assume you have built something surpassing the scope and ambition of co-pilot before, not just some armchair tech lead throwing shade.
Fair point on the sweeping statement, I'll rein it in
Thinking about it the main factor is an emotional one. I'm disappointed. Butthurt if you will. It sounded great but it tripped over so far away from the finish line that I've turned against it. I'll excuse myself from any further copilot threads
Of course I can never meet the requirements of your post wanting something more impressive than Copilot. Copilot itself falls far short of that. Nothing I give you will be enough as there'll be flaws you will attack to make your point. Bit of a time sink that, lets just assume you're right :)
No, I've never successfully built anything as ambitious as, and definitely nothing surpassing, copilot. Have I tried? Absolutely. Have I failed? So far yes.
Of course by that logic though I still win this conversation if you've not succeeded in making anything more ambitious than my failed projects, is that correct? :P
For the sake of not wanting to come off as blagging (also I want the holes poked in this one tbf) my most ambitious project I've not figured out how to make work yet is a new (afaik) type of business model: cohan.me/profit-share
Nice work on making a markov bot with extra steps GitHub. Please, do take my money..