On 6/2/2023 9:27 AM, BPJ wrote:
I wonder what Knuth would say about having ChatGPT write computer
programs, which I think can be outright dangerous. Either you get shitty
code which doesn't work, which is good, or you get shitty code which
works which is bad or Really Bad.
He's pretty clear that he leave that to others and continues with TAOCP.
wrt you remark: to a large extend these are 'plagiarism' machines so one
can wonder about more. I suppose it also depends on how original these
programs are (or become). I don't see myself using such software, just
like I don't use all these software coding tools (ide stuff). When I
acn't remember what I'm doing, or need constant help popping up I should
not code. I'm intrigued of course, and see valid applications, but wrt
programming I'm just not that interested. I bet after a few years people
get bored with the artificial stuff (painting, music, proze, movies,
whatever; just hitting buttons doesn't make a creative person I guess),
unless of course one wants to be zombified.
Hans
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