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“ The compiler may not be able to compete with hand-written assembly, but it seems an AI can hand-write assembly code that's even better in some cases.” This m

by dools 3y ago

“ The compiler may not be able to compete with hand-written assembly, but it seems an AI can hand-write assembly code that's even better in some cases.” This made me think “imagine if AI was the compiler”, that is to say you went from C or whatever to assembly via AI directly so it was “hand writing” the equivalent assembly for your instructions instead of using generic compilation. We might find everything runs much faster.

riwsky 3y ago
Everything except the compiler, that is
- dools 3y ago
  Well it's not hard to imagine a "quick compile" option that uses a traditional compiler and an optimised compilation option that you use when shipping a production build or something while AI catches up in terms of speed.