ChatGPT - How Long Till They Realize I’m a Robot?

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I tried it first on December 2nd... ...and slowly the meaning of it started to sink in. It's January 1st and as the new year begins, my future has never felt so hazy. It helps me write code. At my new company I'm writing golang, which is new for me, and one day on a whim I think "hmmm maybe ChatGPT will give me some ideas about the library I need to use." Lo-and-behold it knew the library. It wrote example code. It explained each section in just enough detail. I'm excited....It assists my users. I got a question about Dockerfiles in my teams oncall channel. "Hmmm I don't know the answer to this either"....ChatGPT did. It knew the commands to run. It knew details of how it worked. It explained it better and faster than I could have. Now I'm nervous....It writes my code for me. Now I'm hearing how great Github Copilot is - and it's built by OpenAI too...ok I guess I should give it a shot. I install it, and within minutes it'...
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Absolute Java 3rd Edition Solutions!

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Hey new Programmers,

I learned Java last summer by teaching myself with the help of Absolute Java 3rd Edition, and I got up to chapter 11 before beginning my CPSC degree at University of Calgary in September. I was very thorough, and I completed almost every one of the Programming Projects (except for a few trivial problems) up to Chapter 11.

Now, those solutions have been made available on a new page on this blog! Look to the right sidebar to find the link, or click here.

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  1. Ryan JJune 15, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    I tried your blog and it helped me a lot but now you cannot access it.

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  2. masudioJuly 15, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    I think the link you're referring to has been fixed...it's the one linking to the first 5 assignments, right?

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  3. UnknownJanuary 12, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Hi Masud,

    My name is Mihir, I have been following your blog because it has helped me out a lot with Java and I understand your code much better.. I was wondering if there was any way I could get in touch with you or if you don't want to display your email publicly, can you get in touch with me on mihir.lade@live.com.au

    I would really appreciate it.

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