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I can foresee one niche where this doesn't matter: exploratory ad-hoc data science. In this exploration stage, total correctness doesn't matter since you're ju
by fighterpilot 5y ago
I can foresee one niche where this doesn't matter: exploratory ad-hoc data science.
In this exploration stage, total correctness doesn't matter since you're just getting a feel for the data. Copilot might help a lot with the associated boilerplate.
- jessmartin 5y agoI think Copilot-like tools could be excellent for the exploration phase. Marvin Minsky mused on this usage back in 1967: > The programmer does not even have to be exact in his own ideas‑he may have a range of acceptable computer answers in mind and may be content if the computer's answers do not step out of this range. The programmer does not have to fixate the computer with particular processes. In a range of uncertainty he may ask the computer to generate new procedures, or he may recommend rules of selection and give the computer advice about which choices to make. Thus, computers do not have to be programmed with extremely clear and precise formulations of what is to be executed, or how to do it. From: https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/Why%20programming%20is--.html https://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/papers/Why%20programming%2...