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The software indeed has to do what I do, which is understanding my environment and mentating solutions that are somehow appropriate for either fixing or allevia
by SanderNL 3y ago
The software indeed has to do what I do, which is understanding my environment and mentating solutions that are somehow appropriate for either fixing or alleviating any one of the uncountable challenges said environment faces. I cannot even describe what I am doing, only that relatively small parts of the end-result are encoded into symbols called code.
This reminds me of what Bohr said to Oppenheimer - in the movie - when some doubt arose around his mathematical ability: "Algebra is like sheet music. The important thing isn't 'can you read music', it's 'can you hear it'. Can you hear the music, Robert?"
I'm very much wondering if GPT can hear the music, but time will tell if and to what degree this even matters.
- wryanzimmerman 3y agoBut the real question is whether or not an LLM can let someone who can hear the music (they’re an expert in the context, the project, and the business environment) but who can’t read or write the sheet music (can’t code) will be able to make the computer do what it needs to do well enough using the LLM as a sort of person to machine translator to eliminate the need for a person to listen to the subject matter expert and write the code.
- SanderNL 3y agoWell, in that example the musician makes music and a machine could transcribe it to sheet music. I can see that working and maybe it already does. What would be the equivalent of “making music” in this case? Talking haphazardly about your business? I can see this working if something like “making music” is possible without knowledge of said music. Which in actual music is quite possible because it is an intuitive art. Programming.. less so, but I never say never.