• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    Gotta disagree. Sometimes you’re working with something old, where there is documentation, but very little actual conversation online. Or a topic that no longer has an active community online, but you just need some basic questions answered.

    knowing how to get the right info by using the right prompts is a skill that not everyone has, which is why so many people get inaccurate answers.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve tried. And usually the questions I ask are too specific. I mean I can answer the basic questions myself and often I get several result when it’s just that. The AI just mumbles general advice and is always wrong if it’s too specific. Like for example: Why does the graphics driver crap out on any OpenGL ES instruction on the old single board computer I have lying around, despite the SoC being supported?

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        8 months ago

        … is that your prompt?! No wonder you’re getting crap. It’s a computer program, you have to feed it valid data. There is a huge misconception that you can CHAT with it… which was introduced by calling it “ChatGPT,” a horrible name.

        You need model numbers, OS versions, driver versions, and any other relevant information like error messages, screenshots, and code if you are developing.