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I speak English, not any code languages. I recently learned javascript this way - knowing English and other languages (Thai, Mandarin), I kept pasting my pseud
by Kostchei 2y ago
I speak English, not any code languages.
I recently learned javascript this way - knowing English and other languages (Thai, Mandarin), I kept pasting my pseudo-code, asking GPT to convert it into javascript, and then iterating on that. Took me a week or two to get the language without reaching for any sort of manual/tutorial. Speaking without experience - it would take me 2-4x as much time to learn the same thing otherwise.
:) My story is not entirely true, but close. My point being llms are learning language and logic (mostly English currently). Programming languages are just languages with logic (hopefully).
And if you think the ability to shorten meaning of a complex idea is exclusively the purview of code, think of a word like "tacky" or "verisimilitude"- complex ideas expressed in a shorter format, often with intended context with significant impact on the operations in the sentence around them.
- nick7376182 2y agoHow circumlocutious.
- throwthrowuknow 2y agoMaybe I’m dumb but I’ve never found a single textbook, manual or tutorial that taught me everything I need to know about a subject. I always have to make a circuit of multiple sources and examples before I understand fully.