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CS programs will have to adapt to this or die. The reality is that five years from now, we'll all just be talking to LLMs all day and compiling/checking the res

CS programs will have to adapt to this or die. The reality is that five years from now, we'll all just be talking to LLMs all day and compiling/checking the results. It's no different than the shift from assembler to higher languages in the 80s.

fellerts 4y ago
I don’t disagree, but how do you imagine they should adapt? “Checking the results” is difficult if you are not able to perform the task on your own, which means you need to learn the task in the first place.
shinycode 4y ago
It’s a chicken and egg problem. Can ChatGPT come up with a framework to write code ? Today it can only read docs and already developed code to create new one. Could it create a new langage that perfectly fit the hardware it’s running on ? If so, there is no need anymore for any other software company. ChatGPT, write me an OS please, write me a photo and video editor. Write me a game about … It’s seems really far fetched because, could it really create new software with a different paradigm ? Something that hasn’t been done before ? Given how it processes words from its input, it seems not. School teaches how to think. All the frameworks and some langages that are used by millions didn’t exist back then. But what if the point of rupture was 10 years ago, would we been stuck with old and non innovative tooling and designs ? We still need to learn people how to think and develop skills. The cheater from my era never acquired good development skills. Today the cheater are just as good as ChatGPT so what’s the point in hiring them ? If all you have to do is enter commands in a prompt, let the marketing people do it and have their real no-code revolution. We always going to need problem solvers and people with deep insights on how things work. Maybe it’s the time to dig deeper into the knowledge and write only real meaningful code

fellerts 4y ago

I don’t disagree, but how do you imagine they should adapt? “Checking the results” is difficult if you are not able to perform the task on your own, which means you need to learn the task in the first place.

shinycode 4y ago

It’s a chicken and egg problem. Can ChatGPT come up with a framework to write code ? Today it can only read docs and already developed code to create new one. Could it create a new langage that perfectly fit the hardware it’s running on ? If so, there is no need anymore for any other software company. ChatGPT, write me an OS please, write me a photo and video editor. Write me a game about … It’s seems really far fetched because, could it really create new software with a different paradigm ? Something that hasn’t been done before ? Given how it processes words from its input, it seems not. School teaches how to think. All the frameworks and some langages that are used by millions didn’t exist back then. But what if the point of rupture was 10 years ago, would we been stuck with old and non innovative tooling and designs ? We still need to learn people how to think and develop skills. The cheater from my era never acquired good development skills. Today the cheater are just as good as ChatGPT so what’s the point in hiring them ? If all you have to do is enter commands in a prompt, let the marketing people do it and have their real no-code revolution. We always going to need problem solvers and people with deep insights on how things work. Maybe it’s the time to dig deeper into the knowledge and write only real meaningful code