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Yes. In fact, LLMs have shown that we really, really need new programming languages. 1. They have shown that the information density in our existing languages
by mpweiher 7mo ago
Yes.
In fact, LLMs have shown that we really, really need new programming languages.
1. They have shown that the information density in our existing languages is extremely low: small prompts can generate very large programs.
2. But the only way to get that high information density now (with LLMs) is to give up any hope of predictability. I want both.
- grey-area 7mo agoSmall prompts leading to large programs has absolutely nothing to do with programming languages and everything to do with the design of the word generators used to produce the programs — which ingest millions of programs in training and can spit out almost entire examples based on them.
- mikkupikku 7mo agoAPL?
- hagbard_c 7mo ago> They have shown that the information density in our existing languages is extremely low: small prompts can generate very large programs. "Write a book about a small person who happens upon a magical ring which turns out to be the repository of an evil entities power. The small person needs to destroy the ring somehow, probably using the same means it was created" ...wait a few minutes... THE LORD OF THE RINGS http://lotrproject.com/statistics/books/wordscount http://lotrproject.com/statistics/books/wordscount