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Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings!

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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 2026-08-11 08:34, David Brown wrote:
>>> [...]
>> I doubt it.  AI's regularly make silly mistakes and hallucinate
>> things, but in cases like this where the mistake turns up regularly
>> in Stack Overflow and the like, I would not expect to see an AI get
>> it wrong. 
>
>> AI's are quite good at summarising information from existing sources
>> - it's when they are interpolating or extrapolating that they come
>> up with bizarre things. [...]
>
> Yes, but the inherent problem with that is that this distinction is
> not necessarily decidable, identifiable or visible. Unless "obvious"
> you'd need own expertise or a second reliable information channel at
> least to be sure. And with a reliable channel, why using AI in the
> first place. I think use of AI is just convenience; a fast and single
> point of access for all topics. Though some folks really "trust" in
> AI. :-/

Indeed---fast, single point of access for all topics.  Very useful when
setting up your personal tools, for example.  Why bother the local gurus
when a machine can get us up to speed, hopefully letting us talk to the
the community more interesting subjects?  (Of course, there's always the
unwise way of using everything.)

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Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-09 05:39 +0800
  Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2026-08-10 15:51 +0000
    Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-08-10 15:33 -0700
      Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! R Kym Horsell <kym@sdf.org> - 2026-08-11 04:02 +0000
        Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-08-11 08:34 +0200
          Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-08-11 00:12 -0700
            Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-08-11 13:50 +0000
          Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-08-11 16:32 +0200
            Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Anton Antimo <anton@safunu.org> - 2026-08-11 13:24 -0300
          Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-11 17:13 +0000
        Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2026-08-11 15:10 +0000
          Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-11 14:30 -0700
            Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2026-08-13 14:09 +0000
              Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-13 14:39 -0700
                Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-08-13 14:41 -0700
  Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2026-08-11 19:17 +0200
    Re: Public Service Announcement: Please use /GF with Visual Studio when you want to collapse constant strings! Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid> - 2026-08-11 20:16 +0100

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