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How will they be able to review AI generated code The same way most of us review our compiler generated code today (ie not at all). If it works it works, if do
by dagw 1y ago
How will they be able to review AI generated code
The same way most of us review our compiler generated code today (ie not at all). If it works it works, if doesn't we fix the higher level input and try again. I won't be surprised if in a few more generation the AI will skip the human readable code step and generate ASTs directly.
- bakugo 1y ago> if doesn't we fix the higher level input and try again How can I visit this fantasy world of yours where LLMs are as reliable and deterministic as compilers and any mistakes can be blamed solely on the user?
- dagw 1y agoHow can I visit this fantasy world of yours... Wait 20 years.
- bakugo 1y ago10 years, 20 years... It's really easy to make unsubstantiated claims about what will happen decades from now, knowing your claims will be long forgotten when that time finally comes around.
- dagw 1y agoCrawling up the abstraction ladder and 'forgetting' everything below has been the driving trend in programming since at least the 60s and probably before. We for example have a whole generation of programmers who have no idea what the difference between a stack and a heap is and know nothing about how memory is allocated. They just assume that creating arbitrarily complex objects and data structures always works and memory never runs out. And they have successful careers, earning good money, delivering useful software. I see no reason why this won't continue.