I think a lot of people who suggest things like this use the image of a computer writing code, or generating code in a programming language that didn't exist, w

I think a lot of people who suggest things like this use the image of a computer writing code, or generating code in a programming language that didn't exist, when I think in reality what's more likely to be implemented is something more like Automator for Mac OS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56PBanBSx4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56PBanBSx4 In Automator, pre-made blocks of code that do different things (filesystem manipulation, data transformations, application control, machine control) can be assembled into a workflow, and configured with options. It is possible that something like that could be given a speech-based UI (rather than keyboard and mouse) and the result is that pre-existing code is assembled and configured. That's a lot more realistic.