If you were to choose an AI subscription for work in a microscopy facility, would you pick ChatGPT, Claude, or something else? - ThreadSky

nkiaru.bsky.social • 45 days ago

If you were to choose an AI subscription for work in a microscopy facility, would you pick ChatGPT, Claude, or something else?

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lguerard.bsky.social•45 days ago

Depends for what I guess, I'm using Codeium for coding, using the free version and I'm quite happy with it so far.

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Never heard about it! I need to have a look. It's an extension for an IDE ?

lguerard.bsky.social•44 days ago

Yup, at least for Vscode. It requires an account but otherwise free and learns from your own code base, which is nice.

haesleinhuepf.bsky.social•44 days ago

I have a Github Copilot subscription for free because I maintain open source software (you may get this too). For advanced stuff (mostly code generation) I prefer claude because I think its most robust and reliable, see also:
https://github.com/haesleinhuepf/human-eval-bia

erik-mols.bsky.social•44 days ago

Doesn't this mean you feed the Beast, which disrespects foss licenses.

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Very interesting, thanks! I know it's been asked and is hard to do for technical reasons, but I need to check how they behave in QuPath and Fiji.

haesleinhuepf.bsky.social•44 days ago

If you test the integration of GPT and Claude in Fiji's Script Editor, your feedback would be very welcome! https://forum.image.sc/t/ai-assisted-code-generation-in-fijis-script-editor/100877

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Let's make a deal ? I provide feedback on it and you have a look at my PR 😉? https://github.com/clij/clijx-faclon-heavy/pull/3

truenorth-ia.bsky.social•44 days ago

For Python and c/c++ I use VS Code with copilot... have not done as much Java the last couple of years but planning to get back into it. So curious which option is best for 'sci-java' (imglib2, imagej2, Fiji, ops, etc.) development and which IDE to use (have always used Eclipse but time to change?)

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

There's copilot in intellij but I haven't used it so far. I don't know to which extend github copilot is 'library aware'. Dftly I am interested in the opinion of imglib2 people, if they used it or something similar.

brachinus.bsky.social•44 days ago

i wouldn’t..

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Why not ? Useless ? Problematic ?

brachinus.bsky.social•44 days ago

it’s just grift. Also, for results to be reproducible, researchers need to know how their code works…and asking ai to make it for them seems like it would be bad for that

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

"I can create what I do not understand." Sounds about right for llms. Definitely there's some risk. But that's a huge gain of time with little drawback in some scenarios. A stupid example among many: if I need to create a Java class that maps a json file structure, that's a huge gain of time.

brachinus.bsky.social•44 days ago

Having thought about this a bit I do think there is some value in providing access for researchers (students, in particular) so that if they’re curious and want to play with it they can, wo having to pay for it. I think it’s good to provide learners with tools they can learn

mindpoison.org•44 days ago

[x] None of the above.

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Strong opinion! Why not ?

mindpoison.org•44 days ago

Because anything AI is overhyped, life sucking bullshit.

sebastianmunck.bsky.social•44 days ago

GitHub Copilot

joelluethi.bsky.social•44 days ago

In many cases, you may be able to get Copilot for free, either as a teacher or open source maintainer: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/managing-copilot/managing-copilot-as-an-individual-subscriber/managing-your-github-copilot-pro-subscription/getting-free-access-to-copilot-pro-as-a-student-teacher-or-maintainer

sebastianmunck.bsky.social•44 days ago

You need to watch out a bit, some free versions and for example free ChatGPT do not comply with European NIS2 regulations since your data is part of the training set. (Think positive about it as a argument to go for a paid version)

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

Is it just autocomplete or can you ask questions about your code in a dialogue manner ?

jo-soltwedel.bsky.social•44 days ago

VSCode has a plugin for a chat interface with the copilot in the sidebar, but you can also just highlight parts of code and chat directly within the IDE :)

damiandn.bsky.social•44 days ago

Depends on your use case, but I pay for GitHub copilot, mostly because it's easy integration into VSCode, and I've found it worth it.

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

You don't have the free 'education' version ? What's better with the paid plan ?

damiandn.bsky.social•44 days ago

Sadly, not eligible for it since I'm not at an educational institute, so I have to pay 😢

robertarkowitz.bsky.social•45 days ago

📌

senger.bsky.social•44 days ago

I use Claude. I allways have to check how the data are imported and the proposed math (feels like going back to school 😅)

senger.bsky.social•44 days ago

Nonetheless, is far easier than starting from scratch

saramcardle.bsky.social•44 days ago

Not specifically endorsing this, but the https://BioImage.io Chatbot seems relevant: https://github.com/bioimage-io/bioimageio-chatbot?tab=readme-ov-file

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

I'll retry, but I wasn't able to make an account the last time I tried

sonjawelsch.bsky.social•45 days ago

What would you do with it? Asking bc so far, ChatGPT has consistently hallucinated the heck out of most microscopy topics I tried to discuss 😳

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

For microscopy, I find ChatGPT good for basic theory, as long as you have the maths background to understand it. For instance: https://chatgpt.com/share/6787a7d6-8a00-8013-91db-96e0417c4b6d

I do not find it useful regarding microscopy practical aspects (staining / clearing, sample prep).

nkiaru.bsky.social•44 days ago

You're right, question too vague! Past needs from my ChatGPT history:
- proofreading
- code generation (Java, Python, parsers, GUI)
- code explanation (any language)
- debug install failure
- understanding python tooling
- maths (redo FLIM phasor maths)
- image to text conversion

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