Unless I've missed a change to the topic, the question isn't how unbelievably remarkable the ChatDog is, but if it's good enough to hire.

From my experience, in software, I'd say it's like a junior fresh from university — it certainly has its place, but humans can still regularly best it.

I'm expecting both that it will be used appropriately to boost productivity and lower cost, and inappropriate by people who don't have enough domain knowledge (or wisdom) to check the results before using them: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22as+a+large+language+model...

It'd be a missed opportunity if someone with a talking dog tried to hype it as a replacement for C++ programmers instead of an entertaining sideshow - no-one wants a talking dog that writes terrible C++ code to be writing their C++ code.

It'd be as silly as cirque du soleil advertising that their amazing trapeze artists will be replacing accountants any day now.

These other guys ignoring how awesome a talking dog would be, fools!

Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying, because the context for your analogy statement is an entire website of my peers (although almost none with as much experience as me) saying that the talking dog can make a perfect risotto, that it's C++ code will replace all programmers, and we'd also better watch out for the global domination of the talking dog's future puppies.