His experience mirrors mine. I'm happy he explicitly mentions search, when people have been shouting "this is not meant for search" for a couple years now. Of course it helps with search. I also love the tech for producing first drafts, and it greatly lowers the energy and cognitive load when attacking new tasks, like others are repeating on this thread.
I think at the same time, while the author says this is the second most impressive technology he's seen in his lifetime, it's still a far cry from the bombastic claims being made by the titans of industry regarding its potential. Not uncommon to see claims here on HN of 10x improvements in productivity, or teams of dozens of people being axed, but nothing in the article or in my experience lines up with that.
I think at the same time, while the author says this is the second most impressive technology he's seen in his lifetime, it's still a far cry from the bombastic claims being made by the titans of industry regarding its potential. Not uncommon to see claims here on HN of 10x improvements in productivity, or teams of dozens of people being axed, but nothing in the article or in my experience lines up with that.