aideR: Using AI Anyway, But Doing It Properly
There is a particular cry of despair reserved for the moment your R console turns red and says something annoyingly cryptic and full of symbols. You did not ask for this and yet here you are, at half past midnight, trying to decipher ideographs the way ancient priests once read the entrails of a goat, hoping the gods will explain themselves. Good news: there is now a small robot whose entire purpose is to read the entrails for you. It’s called aideR, it lives in your RStudio toolbar, and this post covers what it does, how to install it, and two bugs that should be kept in mind when using it. ...