[jimbokun]

One of the things that has seemed suboptimal to me is having AI “write code”.

Doesn’t it make more sense to ask AI a question, and the AI figures out what code is needed to answer the question, run it, and report the answer?

From the description sounds like this project is a step in that direction.

[hathawsh]

OTOH, what is "code"? In a general sense, I think of "code" as the "codification of a process." If we want to know what steps the AI is following to complete a process, then having an AI write code seems like a correct and necessary part of the solution.