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		nejsjsjsbsb 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistant... Then they shouldn't use libraries, open source code or even existing compilers. They shouldn't search online (man pages is OK). They should use git plumbing commands and sh (not bash of zsh). They should not have potable water in there house but distill river water.

porridgeraisin 10 months ago [–]

There is a balance to be struck. You obviously don't expect a SWE to begin by identifying rare earth metal mining spots on his first day.

Where the line is drawn is context dependent, drawing the same single line for all possible situations is not possible and it's stupid to do so.

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