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I feel like it’s going to be a step further and we won’t write actual “code” but more like comprehensive tests and it generates the code . Sort of like the move
by zitterbewegung 2y ago
I feel like it’s going to be a step further and we won’t write actual “code” but more like comprehensive tests and it generates the code . Sort of like the movement from assembly to C
- bawolff 2y agoHistorically AI has been pretty bad with this. Machine learning is famous for finding solutions that pass all the test cases in out of the box ways but don't do what you want.
- NavinF 2y agoThat hasn't been my experience. I've mostly seen fake stories along those lines. Eg https://gwern.net/tank https://gwern.net/tank
- makeitdouble 2y agoWriting comprehensive tests is the part we're weakest at IMHO. That's the same paradigm as outsourcing development at some cheap place and doing acceptance tests against the result. It saves money but that's not how you'd build an airplane for instance...
- randomNumber7 2y ago> that's not how you'd build an airplane for instance... Unless you want it going boing boing boeing.
- Jean-Papoulos 2y agoUnfortunately humans will probably stay very bad at writing tests that covers all possible cases. And who's gonna test the tests ?