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But why? What is there to be gained in all of this work around the inherent limitations of this technology?

• KronisLV 2y ago
  Exploration of what’s possible and what’s not, identifying whether the weaknesses can or cannot be addressed. A bit like traditional autocomplete can help streamline familiarising oneself with various libraries, a clear step ahead when compared to just needing to dig through documentation as much. Maybe there’s a class of code problems that LLMs can be decent at solving, given the ability to iterate, verify solutions and what works or doesn’t, perhaps with 10x more compute than is utilized in the typical chat mode of interaction though.
• whattheheckheck 2y ago
  Get more people into computer science. Knuth said early on in his career he thought he needed to make the computer faster or cheaper but really it was about getting more users. Anyone can program. Or try to then learn about computer science
  • svat 2y ago
    Where has Knuth said that? Sounds like the opposite of what I've generally heard from him (not caring about popularity etc).