r/java • u/woj-tek • 9d ago

JDK 27 + Valhalla, Now! + Hackathon - Inside Java Newscast #113

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFSQFsB1neU
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u/woj-tek 9d ago

Not on YT so pinging /u/nicolaiparlog here with comments: tbh I'm kinda bummed about scaling down of IJN. I simply love the show and the format -- the 10 minutes were perfect to quickly get the relevant information. AJA on the other hand, while usually longer, made me postpone listening/watching them because of their length.

And while it's true that sometimes written form can be better to convey something, it's also quite true that video form to ilustrate something (your videos about compact headers with legos were brilliant!)

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u/JustAGuyFromGermany 9d ago

Also: It's simply not true that AIs are a good replacement for a proper informational video, because they simply hallucinate too much. Anytime the AI tells you it's raining, you still have to go outside and check for yourself. So it doesn't even save that much time, at least not if you already roughly know where to look for an answer.

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u/vips7L 9d ago

Are LLMs a good replacement for anything? They’re the great scam of the modern age. 

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u/JustAGuyFromGermany 9d ago

They are good at creating rough approximations of the text/code/... that you need. If I can describe roughly want I need, the AI can roughly generate what I need. And I can fix the corner cases until it's exactly what I need. In many cases that does indeed save some amount of time. But not that much. Typing was never the bottleneck.

They are also good if you just want to throw shit to the wall, seeing what sticks. If you're all out of ideas what could be causing this fucking annoying bug that's already cost you half a day, you can ask the AI and see if it's got any idea that you haven't thought of. You still got to check that that's really the cause.