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I don't really know if I understand this. How is this not a programming language with a longer and more complex syntax structure? It would seem to be just as co

I don't really know if I understand this. How is this not a programming language with a longer and more complex syntax structure? It would seem to be just as confusing to non-technical people as teaching them a language like Python.

offtop5 5y ago
I can imagine this will end up creating more problems than it solves, for example depending on where you're from you might use various colloquialisms in speech which no AI will ever really get. For example if I said something like hey I want all the NBA players but they got to be like a little bit taller than 6 ft 2. What's a little bit, once you get into any edge cases, or even have to clarify what you mean, you might as well just program it out.
- fersarr 5y ago
  yeah, if you are a programmer and it doesn't work quickly, you would just code it yourself. But if you are not...
  - offtop5 5y ago
    If you're not, you're going to endlessly frustrate yourself when this doesn't do exactly what you need it to. I guess I'd be more interested if the tool generated python code or something, and then I can manually edit it, or one of my friends could send it to me so I can edit it. Don't get me wrong if this idea worked in practice I'd be all over it, but I don't think it will.
    - fersarr 5y ago
      Hupreter generates python code, which you can see. Right now you cannot edit it, but we plan to allow that in the future.
- foxes 5y ago
  I mean what does a little bit taller than 6ft mean? A human would ask to clarify or supply a sane default. Using the Star Trek example characters would often ask the computer to refine something, eg “no not that tall”, so a system like this should allow for refinement from feedback.
foxes 5y ago
I think the end game should be basically Star Trek. You just declare to the computer what you want, and then it just generates correct code for you. Declarative programming by itself is fairly powerful. I think In future this is actually how you want the system to work. Just saying what you want rather than how you manipulate the state to get it. The computer can generate provable correct code which does that for you.

offtop5 5y ago

I can imagine this will end up creating more problems than it solves, for example depending on where you're from you might use various colloquialisms in speech which no AI will ever really get. For example if I said something like hey I want all the NBA players but they got to be like a little bit taller than 6 ft 2. What's a little bit, once you get into any edge cases, or even have to clarify what you mean, you might as well just program it out.

fersarr 5y ago
yeah, if you are a programmer and it doesn't work quickly, you would just code it yourself. But if you are not...
- offtop5 5y ago
  If you're not, you're going to endlessly frustrate yourself when this doesn't do exactly what you need it to. I guess I'd be more interested if the tool generated python code or something, and then I can manually edit it, or one of my friends could send it to me so I can edit it. Don't get me wrong if this idea worked in practice I'd be all over it, but I don't think it will.
  - fersarr 5y ago
    Hupreter generates python code, which you can see. Right now you cannot edit it, but we plan to allow that in the future.
foxes 5y ago
I mean what does a little bit taller than 6ft mean? A human would ask to clarify or supply a sane default. Using the Star Trek example characters would often ask the computer to refine something, eg “no not that tall”, so a system like this should allow for refinement from feedback.

foxes 5y ago

I think the end game should be basically Star Trek. You just declare to the computer what you want, and then it just generates correct code for you. Declarative programming by itself is fairly powerful. I think In future this is actually how you want the system to work. Just saying what you want rather than how you manipulate the state to get it. The computer can generate provable correct code which does that for you.