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Abstractions and compilers are deterministic, no matter if a neckbeard is cranky about the results. LLMs are not deterministic, they are a guessing game. An LLM
by leptons 1y ago
Abstractions and compilers are deterministic, no matter if a neckbeard is cranky about the results. LLMs are not deterministic, they are a guessing game. An LLM is not an abstraction, it's a distraction. If you can't tell the difference, then maybe you should lay off the "AI" slop.
- awesome_dude 1y agoI've been thinking about this - you're right that LLMs are not going to be deterministic (AIUI) when it comes to producing code to solve a problem. BUT neither are humans, if you give two different humans the same task, then, unless they copy one another, then you will get two different results. Further, as those humans evolve through their career, the code that they produce will also change. Now, I do want to point out that I'm very much still at the "LLMs are an aid, not the full answer.. yet" point, but a lot of the argument against them seems to be (rapidly) coming to the point where it's no longer valid (AI slop and all).
- shortrounddev2 1y ago> BUT neither are humans, if you give two different humans the same task, then, unless they copy one another, then you will get two different results. Thats true, but giving a human a task isn't coding - its project management
- awesome_dude 1y agoFirst, it's not "project management" - it's delegation Secondly, and this is far more important, it's telling a machine what you want it to do - in text Exactly like coding.
- shortrounddev2 1y agoIt would only seem like coding to someone who doesnt code. It is absolutely not the same at all
- awesome_dude 1y agoYou keep making these claims as though you are some sort of authority, but nothing you have said has matched reality. I mean full credit to you with your disingenuous goalpost shifting and appeals to authority, but reality has no time for you (and neither do I anymore).