Critical Thinking in an AI Powered World

We will talk about the AI Assistant, its strengths and weaknesses, examples of edge cases, and strategies to get better results from the JetBrains AI Assistant.

View at original site


Author: Khalid Abuhakmeh

JetBrains AI Assistant, which is based on Large Language Models (LLMs). The author explains the strengths and weaknesses of LLMs, such as their ability to summarize text, generate code, and classify information, but also their limitations in terms of timeliness and non-deterministic responses.

Khalid provides strategies for getting better results from the AI Assistant, such as creating custom prompts and clarifying code suggestions. They emphasize the need to be skeptical of the AI Assistant's responses and to verify the results. Khalid concludes by highlighting the combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise in software development, and encourages readers to ask questions and provide comments.

Related Resources

Find and Fix Problems in Your Code
Find and Fix Problems in Your Code
How AI Assistant can help you to understand errors in your code.
Explain Code with AI Assistant
Explain Code with AI Assistant
How AI Assistant can help you understand code
Create and Understand Commit Messages with AI Assistant
Create and Understand Commit Messages with AI Assistant
How AI Assistant can both generate a commit message and help you understand prior commit messages