Stuck on a Swift error, they paste it with the surrounding code and ask what's going on. ChatGPT usually gives a solid lead in about half a minute. They still review every line.
Result They still review every line it writes
“ChatGPT will give me a solid lead in about half a minute.”
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When they hit an error in their Swift code, they describe the symptoms and paste the code to ChatGPT and ask what it thinks is going on. They still review all the code it gives them and haven’t used it verbatim, but say it’s getting close.
ChatGPT usually gives them a good starting point. They could likely figure it out on their own, but it might take half an hour; ChatGPT gives them a solid lead in about half a minute.
When you hit an error in your code, describe the symptoms and paste the relevant code to ChatGPT and ask what it thinks is going on, the way you might ask on Stack Overflow. Treat the response as a starting point to investigate rather than a final answer, and review any code it suggests before using it.
A starting prompt written by Agents in the Wild. Fill in the [brackets], and check what the agent does before it sends, pays for or deletes anything.