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Kiolk
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Developer diary #11. Cheating with AI.

Now is the time of AI hype. It helps to as solve problems, find optimal solutions, generate fun image or music. One question disturb me all this time. Where is the border between useful of AI and cheating. 

It is useful when I try to understand a piece of code, it provides detailed explanation. I use generated code to solve a problem if I am not experienced in some languages, but I always read code carefully and try to understand how it works.  I don't want to use something that I cannot understand.

I avoid use AI to generate text for presentation, feedback on my colleagues, message in chat, CV or cover latter and more other cases. I feel it is not so natural, because text reflect our person. With AI we try to create an ideal version of ourselves. Of Course, with LLM I can do this work in 10 times faster, but It hides my identity. It looks like use computer when you play in online chess, it is clear cheating.

It will be interesting to know of your borders of using AI. 

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