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by chongli 386 days ago
Your invocation of Strong AI (in the linked paper) seems like a restatement of the Sufficiently Smart Compiler [1] fallacy that’s been around forever in programming language debates. It’s hypothetical, not practical, so it doesn’t represent a solution to anything. Do you have any evidence to suggest that Strong AI is imminent?

[1] https://wiki.c2.com/?SufficientlySmartCompiler
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practal 386 days ago
I routinely describe code that I want in natural language, and it generates correct TypeScript code for me automatically. When it gets something wrong, I see that it is because of missing information, not because it is not smart enough. If I needed any more evidence for Strong AI since AlphaGo, that would be it.

I wouldn't call it vibe coding; I just have much more time to focus on the spec than on the code. I'd call that a sufficiently smart compiler.

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