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> I will bet you £100 that we won't be programming by speech and gestures in even 25 years time as the disadvantages are enormous. Unless AI advances considera
by erelde 11y ago
> I will bet you £100 that we won't be programming by speech and gestures in even 25 years time as the disadvantages are enormous.
Unless AI advances considerably. For years I've imagined myself talking to the small specialized AI living in my computer, giving it instructions that it would translate to code...
- JadeNB 11y agoI suddenly envision a "The feeling of power" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feeling_of_Power )-type scenario, where one programmer suddenly discovers that he or she can understand and create binary patterns without relying on the AI.
- Marazan 11y agoNatural language is a terrible way to specify software. Writing software is about telling a blazingly fast, literal, moron what to do. The ambiguity inherent in natural language is not a good way of telling such a thing what to do.
- dTal 11y ago>>AI advances considerably >blazingly fast, literal, moron I think I have discovered the source of your disagreement.