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We've been making this prediction for decades, and it still hasn't arrived. I think the problem is that as our software tools become more capable, we tackle lar
by chad_oliver 13y ago
We've been making this prediction for decades, and it still hasn't arrived. I think the problem is that as our software tools become more capable, we tackle larger projects. As time goes on we'll be able to solve a greater number of problems by 'defin[ing] your goal, and that's about it', but we won't be able to solve a larger proportion of problems.
That said, I still see a lot of potential for this sort of programming. One of my side projects is an attempt to bring intentional programming to embedded hardware design.
- Sven7 13y ago>it still hasn't arrived Have you seen wolfram alpha in action?
- Peaker 13y agoFor me, Wolfram Alpha has always just worked on the examples given by them, but when I try my own inputs, it fails on almost all of them. Even though my inputs are just variants of the same queries.
- chad_oliver 13y agoYeah, that's part of the reason why I said that "we'll be able to solve a greater number of problems by 'defin[ing] your goal, and that's about it'". Progress will happen at a steady rate, but the problem space will expand even faster.