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> "pointless algorithmic exercise that will only show you if the candidate recently worked on a similar question". I've been able to write one, not from memory
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
> "pointless algorithmic exercise that will only show you if the candidate recently worked on a similar question".
I've been able to write one, not from memory but from first principles, any time in the last 40 years.
- senko 2y agoCurious, I would expect a programmer of your age to remember Knuth's "beware of the bugs in above code, I have only proven it's correct but haven't actually run it". I'm happy you know math, but my point before this thread got derailed was that we're holding (coding) AI to a higher standard than actual humans, namely to expect to write bug-free code.
- Jensson 2y agoHumans can actually run the code and knows what it should output. the LLM can't, and putting it in a loop against code output doesn't work well either since the LLM can't navigate that well.
- smrq 2y agoI hold myself to a higher standard than AI tools are capable of, from my experience. (Maybe some people don't, and that's where the disconnect is between the apologists and the naysayers?)
- 0points 2y ago> my point before this thread got derailed was that we're holding (coding) AI to a higher standard than actual humans, namely to expect to write bug-free code This seems like a very layman attitude and I would be surprised to find many devs adhering to this idea. Comments in this thread alone suggests that many devs on HN do not agree.