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Yes, if you had each programmer rewrite the code from scratch each time you updated the spec.

• orbital-decay 7mo ago
  In reality you give the same programmer an update to the existing spec, and they change the code to implement the difference. Which is exactly what the thing in OP is doing, and exactly what should be done. There's simply no reason to regenerate the result. The entire thing about determinism is a red herring, because 1) it's not determinism but prompt instability, and 2) prompt instability doesn't matter because of the above. Intelligence (both human and machine) is not a formal domain, your inputs lack formal syntax, and that's fine. For some reason this basic concept creates endless confusion everywhere.
  • xigoi 7mo ago
    > your inputs lack formal syntax, and that's fine It’s not fine. I program using formal syntax precisely because I want the computer to do exactly what I tell it to.
    • orbital-decay 7mo ago
      Then program, instead of telling someone else (humans, LLMs) to do it.
      • xigoi 7mo ago
        I am doing so, but I keep seeing people say that LLMs have completely removed the need for writing code.