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thanks, since AI is not capable of generating novel/unique output itself yet without training, but can only learn to remix and transform what is already there,

by b20000 4y ago

thanks, since AI is not capable of generating novel/unique output itself yet without training, but can only learn to remix and transform what is already there, it makes sense that it would do well on leetcode. this implies that hiring people via leetcode interviews will result in staff who can only copy paste and remix standard solutions they have been trained on and are incapable of being creative and generating completely new or unorthodox solutions. the latter is what most companies need, but don’t know yet they need. leetcode was the wet dream of executives. a standard factory like process to produce more code drones in a cheap and efficient way. the next wet dream is replacing them with AI. they forget that software development is a creative process.

nicholasjarnold 4y ago
> they forget that software development is a creative process Exactly. Very few executives have read Hackers & Painters [0], from what I've been able to anecdotally personally gather. Nobody (almost) should be fearful that low-code solutions and/or AI will replace their livelihood yet. [0] - http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hackpaint.html
GaggiX 4y ago
>thanks, since AI is not capable of generating novel/unique output itself yet without training, but can only learn to remix and transform what is already there, it makes sense that it would do well on leetcode. I guess you're implying that this doesn't happen with humans as well, although if you give a pen to an infant or a man who has always lived in a cave he's not going to draw anything meaningful like an untrained AI, I have the opinion that everything is derivative.