Ask HN: Can ChatGPT build a real, sophisticated, working app?

2 pointsreadonthegoapp3y ago4 comments

ChatGPT seems to me to be capable of building fully-functional apps, but just refuses to do so -- like they're mad at me or something.

For instance, I had the OpenAI ChatGPT free version (GPT 3.5) generate a simple PHP-based cronjob -- it introduced bugs, did not use PHP constants, introduced regession bugs between modifications, etc.

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anotherpaulg3y ago

Sure can. Here's a recent twitter thread of building a simple web game without any hand coding, using gpt-4.

https://twitter.com/d_feldman/status/1662295072321273856

I previously built a simple web app using gpt-3.5-turbo, but it's barely up to the task.

iammukunthan3y ago

Yes, ChatGPT has the potential to build real, sophisticated apps. However, it requires good input and sometimes may require manual corrections to ensure desired outcomes.

senttoschool3y ago

I think the unrestricted model probably can. You'd need an environment for GPT4 to test the code so that it can make changes.

shams933y ago

I got it to generate c++ code for a flute physical model. It seems to work with python and some c++ but not for rust at all.

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