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Agree. It’s just that the majority of Hacker News users will resist such a major change Right now, it’s not that reliable, of course, but eventually it will be

Agree. It’s just that the majority of Hacker News users will resist such a major change Right now, it’s not that reliable, of course, but eventually it will be. As everything else, it will evolve Don’t think it will be production-ready in the next 10 years or so, but eventually it will happen… (I’ll save this reply to revisit in the future lol)

TheMode 3y ago
> Right now, it’s not that reliable, of course, but eventually it will be. As everything else, it will evolve What make you think that natural languages will ever become reliable/stable? It hasn't been for millennia
- flangola7 3y ago
  Then how have humans ever accomplished anything?
  - ekabod 3y ago
    Can you explain your reasoning? I don't get it at all.
    - flangola7 3y ago
      Humans communicate in natural language. When a CEO or project VP commands to have something they want produced, they're not using any kind of "reliable/stable" exact language. They may barely be able to even use a computer, much less write code. Nevertheless the final production product is still completed.
      - jaen 3y ago
        When the end product is supposed to have any semblance of reliability and durability, even human beings do not communicate in natural language. As an example: - Science: Many non-natural languages and notations used for communication, math being the most obvious. - Laws: Looks like natural language when you squint, but actually very rigid and un-natural.
        flangola7 3y ago
        What does that have to do with the CEO I mentioned? They're not writing math or legal documents, yet their wishes are still materialized. Whatever the intermediary processor utilizes is unimportant.
        jaen 3y ago
        It's an example of large domains where natural language does not work well enough, as a counterpoint to the arbitrary, niche CEO example of a situation where it might work. It is responding to the entire thread, not just your comment.
      - TheMode 3y ago
        How do you plan to update such natural language code? Words change meaning. This is what I meant by stable

TheMode 3y ago

> Right now, it’s not that reliable, of course, but eventually it will be. As everything else, it will evolve What make you think that natural languages will ever become reliable/stable? It hasn't been for millennia

flangola7 3y ago
Then how have humans ever accomplished anything?
- ekabod 3y ago
  Can you explain your reasoning? I don't get it at all.
  - flangola7 3y ago
    Humans communicate in natural language. When a CEO or project VP commands to have something they want produced, they're not using any kind of "reliable/stable" exact language. They may barely be able to even use a computer, much less write code. Nevertheless the final production product is still completed.
    - jaen 3y ago
      When the end product is supposed to have any semblance of reliability and durability, even human beings do not communicate in natural language. As an example: - Science: Many non-natural languages and notations used for communication, math being the most obvious. - Laws: Looks like natural language when you squint, but actually very rigid and un-natural.
      - flangola7 3y ago
        What does that have to do with the CEO I mentioned? They're not writing math or legal documents, yet their wishes are still materialized. Whatever the intermediary processor utilizes is unimportant.
        jaen 3y ago
        It's an example of large domains where natural language does not work well enough, as a counterpoint to the arbitrary, niche CEO example of a situation where it might work. It is responding to the entire thread, not just your comment.
    - TheMode 3y ago
      How do you plan to update such natural language code? Words change meaning. This is what I meant by stable