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What are the pros and cons if we would let people write code with GPT?
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NOTE: This task is filed under the digital garden and has no current plans. Tasks filed in the digital garden are only exploratory ideas that aren't refined nor complete. We use the digital garden to jot down ideas that are currently out-of-scope, not currently feasible, or that would need further discussion, research, and testing.

How would it be if we would let people have the option to write code with the support of GPT?

Some early research questions:

  • What are the potential implications of such proposal?
  • Would that lower the barrier of code contributions?
  • Would that increase the risk of non-functional code?
  • Is there a risk for system exploitation?

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how would it be if people would have the option to write code with the support of GPT?

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I tend to think this is not desirable, as large language models can spit out valid-looking answers that do not perform the requested operation. If this is implemented, there should be a big red warning requiring the user to confirm that they have reviewed the code and it functions as desired, perhaps also requiring testcases to be specified.

I tend to think this is not desirable, as large language models can spit out valid-looking answers that do not perform the requested operation. If this is implemented, there should be a big red warning requiring the user to confirm that they have reviewed the code and it functions as desired, perhaps also requiring testcases to be specified.

just to make this extra explicit, this is a task filed under the digital garden meaning that it's only an exploratory idea that isn't refined nor complete. we use this tag to jot down ideas that are currently out-of-scope, not currently feasible, or that would need further discussion, research, and testing.

AAlhazwani-WMF renamed this task from Let people write code with GPT to What are the pros and cons if we would let people write code with GPT?.Jul 27 2023, 1:10 PM

given the several dislikes 😅 i renamed the task to be more open-ended and less imperative. thanks to anyone who already shared their feedback! as a reminder, this task is filed under the digital garden, and marked as "no current plans".