It seems like this is largely a matter of what you’re asking for. If you wanted to do more research into the state of the field, an AI might be pretty good at answering your questions.

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vintermann 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

But it won't tell you if you don't ask. It won't tell you, "This approach is stupid, Ada SPARK exists".

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Applejinx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Why would any LLM 'think' in terms of trying to cite prior work?

It itself is prior work. It's asking a fish to show where the water is. The fish can't imagine that absence, and the LLM can't imagine anything not being prior work.

	▲	skybrian 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nowadays AI chat often will do web searches and include links. It will do that more if you ask.

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jchanimal 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, telling it that you want parsimonious solutions that reuse existing libraries makes a big difference. Why would it even try to do that sort of stuff if you didn’t ask?

	▲	Sharlin 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Because it should be smart. I mean, why would a human coder ever observe standard best practices unless the client specifically asks them to?
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