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I like that Dijkstra used the word foolish. As someone who has interacted with Google, Microsoft and Apple's natural language systems I am glad this was ignore
by LeicaLatte 12y ago
I like that Dijkstra used the word foolish.
As someone who has interacted with Google, Microsoft and Apple's natural language systems I am glad this was ignored. Happy someone stayed hungry.
- barrkel 12y agoIn another comment, I compared the process of making computers do our will to manipulating a lever, the lever being made out of abstractions. What Google, MS and Apple's NLP systems are doing is mapping your words to a selection of pre-prepared levers. It's simplistic in the extreme compared to the real problem of being able to create new levers. IMO, in dismissing Dijkstra, you completely missed his point.
- LeicaLatte 12y agoDon't see any levers in the article lol I have no clue of what u saying sorry I definitely think the aspiration for natural language programming has only made things better and something we all look forward to