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by Rich_Morin
105 days ago
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"With the advent of the new Automatic Programming systems, we'll soon have no need for programmers." -- written about a predecessor of Fortran. My own programming career began in 1970, and included an intriguing visit to Stanford's AI center. I've been an avid fan boi of AI ever since. Currently the folks I'm watching are the Thousand Brains Project, an effort to replicate a network of cortical columns and support services. In any event, I've written code in a variety of languages. My current favorite is Elixir, because it offers fewer booby traps and far more capability than any others I've seen. However, my take on languages is that they let you work at a comfortable level of abstraction. Still, I'm delighted to have an earnest pair of assistants (ChatGPT and Codex CLI) who are able to discuss ideas and issues in my native language. They can also help me translate my rough notes and speculations into (apparently) working code, using whatever resources are available (eg, languages, libraries). Indeed, one of the hardest things to do is to imagine what they are able to do. I suspect that there are at least a few nerdy nine year olds who are grabbing onto this. I also suspect that there are folks who will do unfortunate things with this capability. Should be interesting... |
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