You’d not be surprised to hear that I’ve heard that sentence a few times in my life.
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If someone is inclined to poke at Elektron files, decoding the project files (so that we can have something that copies patterns across projects, for example) would be both helpful and a lot easier than reverse-engineering the firmware.
Coding is soon changed forever thanks to AI tools.
At least in terms of nearly-right prototyping:
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Write me an application to run on a raspberry pi that operates like this (upload Octatrack manual)
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Include GPIO code for a schematic for a suitable hardware interface that looks like this (include a photo of the Octatrack.
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Run a second process to respond, problemsolve and optimise the above, including generating an order for parts and 3d printing.
If your job is doing any of these things, your manager is already speaking to their manager about preserving their job by replacing you
Processing request… Just a few more minutes… ChatGPT is unavailable. Please go away.
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“AI will replace you” is right up there with “it should be easy to code” in the not-even-enough-information-to-be-wrong category.
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This is funny. Try actually implementing the code chat GPT writes without knowing how to code. I would love to see its octatrack.
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It’s so easy mokomo has already released the Octatrack mkiii, it’s with their uncle who works at Nintendo on the new Super Mario Halo crossover game (you probably haven’t heard of him, NDAs and the like.)
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It’s so funny thinking about all the bosses who legitimately believed that they could replace programmers with chat GPT. I really wish I was a fly in the wall when those guys actually tried doing the coding with chat GPT. This is to say that chat GPT is pretty amazing, but you still need a good coder taking the mush it spits out and massaging it into something useful.
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Who said anything about not knowing how to code
People who know how to code know AI is a gamechanger
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agreed, but the information arbitrage is significantly lessened using these tools.
I was told that self driving flying taxis would be a gamechanger fucking ages ago.
So where’s my hoverboard?
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The confidence and scope of declarations here suggests you have less experience working with AI, large codebases, and reverse engineering or black box testing than many of us.
You may know how to code, but the narrative being pushed here indicates that you’re trusting solutions peddlers and the hype cycle over real-world experience with integrating LLMs into process.
Arbitrage is profit-seeking and wholly unrelated to solving problems.
LLMs build models but don’t know anything.
Again, with that unshakeable confidence feel free to have GPT build you a FOSS Octatrack with 1:1 feature parity and everyone will appreciate the effort, I’m sure it’ll take an hour tops.
Edit: The people I’d imagine most likely to use it for reverse engineering would be like the DSP56300 team, you can ask them how useful it is for those Virus, Nord, Microwave etc.
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I know, sensitive issue for those relying on their coding chops to suggest AI is a threat.
Still, as a quasi knowledgeable coder myself, I recognise there is a path ahead where a lot of difficulty (due to the deliberate secrecy of those protecting their career IP) will be laid bare. and AI tools will help more participate productively.
incorrect, in my long career I’ve known many many individuals who harboured their secretive command of business process coding as career security. That is information arbitrage.
Same as one person has the knowledge to realise a new coded tool, another doesn’t and must pay, sometimes unreasonably, to hire the skills.
A bit like expensive plasterers.
The conspiracy theory of “big indie artists” and “big coder” as if someone is excited to break into some cabal is just lame.
Nobody pushing that has any idea how development or the artistic process works, people just want to be rich and get kudos for their midjourney spam with no time invested in understanding development or the creative process.
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More simply put - coding is easy when you know what you are doing. Most don’t and those who do, don’t share their skills willingly.
I’ll assume someone told you this and you believe it.
Mentorship is available in open source projects, all over stackoverflow, and at every development role beyond extremely small companies where you’re site reliability, developer, and helpdesk IT.
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Depends on the people you’ve been exposed to in your experience. Unless you’ve done a large survey.
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