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by nextos 698 days ago
These kind of LLMs are also very interesting for software engineering. It's just a matter of replacing Lean with something that is more oriented towards proving software properties.

For example, write a formal specification of a function in Dafny on Liquid Haskell and get the LLM to produce code that is formally guaranteed to be correct. Logic-based + probability-based ML.

All GOFAI ideas are still very useful.
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lucioperca 697 days ago
You can also verify software like compilers in Lean:

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/lean-into-verified-s...

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nextos 697 days ago
Sure, but Lean has very little support for software problems compared to Isabelle, Coq or Dafny right now.

Those 3 also have a lot of training data as well. Hoping Lean gets more support as it is very friendly.

As a basic learning resource focused on software engineering, there's [1]. But nothing more advanced I am aware of.

[1] The Hitchhiker's Guide to Logical Verification. https://cs.brown.edu/courses/cs1951x/static_files/main.pdf

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