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For those who aren't aware: you write an OpenAPI manifest for your API, use human language descriptions for everything, and that's it. You let the model figure out how to auth, chain calls, process data in between, format it for viewing, etc. There's absolutely zero glue code.

I've developed a lot of plugin systems, and the OpenAI ChatGPT plugin interface might be the damn craziest and most impressive approach I've ever seen in computing in my entire life.

“The most courageous decision that you can make each day is to be in a good mood.” — Voltaire

People are too focused on code generation and completely ignoring that LLMs are useful for code analysis. I've been personally surprised how useful they were in identifying missing test cases, unreleased leaking resources, or even telling me what's wrong with my IAM policy.

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Imagine if the improvement curve here resembles anything like the evolution from Apple II to modern PC I grew up in

Okay, I was initially skeptical but our new fancy lil guy has exceeded all expectations when it comes to summarizing API behavior. 🧐 Aki is surprisingly smart! (And ChatGPT is surprisingly good at technical things.)

@kylascan Genius

The Banking Crisis? 😐

GPT-4 is waaay better at programming than given credit for. HumanEval is a benchmark of python programming problems. With some prompt engineering, GPT-4 scores ~85%, destroying Codex's 29% from just 2 years ago And performing much better than OpenAI's publicized accuracy

@svrc This is why more standardized processes, when suitable, often deliver exponential results--and unexpectedly.

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@esammer I think I also joined for that segment --and similar response.

I just did two things: joined a Twitter space about the SVB collapse for 47 seconds, and learned why you should literally never join a Twitter space. AMA.

@TheMarkONeill Yep! Platform teams are absolutely starting to trend. I see this in my work, though my view is limited compared to yours! Stream-aligned teams were arranged to facilitate fast production. But now there’s inefficiency in duplication. How do we resolve this? Platform teams!

Looking at our inquiry trends on platform engineering. Holy moly. What a rocket ship of a topic.

“Movement is my habitat. My only rest is motion. … Let me go where I have not yet arrived.” — Luce Irigaray, Elemental Passions

@anammostarac Absolutely not.

“AI is accelerating the loss of individuality in the same way that mass production and consumerism replaced craftsmanship and originality in the 20th century.” Do you agree?

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@the_eco_thought @davidwengrow Such a fantastic and thoughtfully imaginative book. Seeing that Dr Morton is now teaching it is wonderful news. Lucky class!