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This is fascinating. I’ve certainly seen AI hallucinating things like imaginary functions in gdscript. Admittedly, it does it a lot more with gpt3 than with gpt4 on a subscription, which is consistent with what 3 vs 4 has access to, but I’m sure the problems apply in a lot of other use cases that might have not had the benefit of more recent documentation.
I suppose it’s not surprising that a number of larger entities have been falling prey to this, as they keep trying to inappropriately jam AI into their production lines where it’s incapable of doing the job. Pretty clever vulnerability to find, though.
Ultimately, this is probably a good thing for human coders, imo. The more LLMs demonstrate that they’re not effective without robust human intervention, the better.
15000 downloads - that’s messed up. This backs my opinion that inflationary usage of those LLMs do more harm than good atm. To copy and paste their answers, without questioning them, is like giving up your own critical thinking to rely on a highly gifted and eloquent LSD addict as your guide.