alt Hacker NewsWhile I've seen all the points made in the article (besides some that wouldn't work outside of this particular religious context), they are well laid out and highlight not only the technological limitations, but also the moral implications of building a llm product.
Moral issues that are not limited to religion, I've had conversations with a friend where I was trying to explain to them that their llm website idea will, with certainty, mislead people at some point. I think the exact idea was to build a gpt-based trip planner. I'd hate to have someone spend time and money on hotel, transportations, etc... To end up stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Anyway, the article came out 4 months ago and the chatbox is still there.
> Which programming language would allow me to get closer to God?
> If I had to choose a programming language that reflects some aspect of God's nature, I would say that a language with a strong emphasis on order, logic, and beauty, such as Python, could be seen as a reflection of God's character. The Bible says, "God is not a God of disorder but of peace" (1 Corinthians 14:33, ESV), and Python's simplicity and readability can be seen as a reflection of this aspect of God's nature.
At least we got that one out of the way.
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A Christian recommending a serpent-named language to get closer to God is pretty entertaining. What about Go "and make disciples"?
Hebrews 5:12: In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the BASIC principles of God's word all over again.
BASIC has always been the divinely chosen language for sacred coding.
Biblically Appointed Syntax for Inspired Coding ;-)
> Which programming language would allow me to get closer to God?
> Python
Heresy! It should be HolyC.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Perl yet. It is named after the Parable of the Pearl from the Gospel of Matthew. But Larry Wall dropped the E because he discovered there was already another language called PEARL (a rather obscure real-time programming language from Germany)
The 3 branches of government were based on Isaiah 33:22: For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king. It sounds like a language that includes rules, but I don't think it's been invented yet.
Python? Reflecting the god of the bible? After what happened with the forbidden fruit?
I'd say it's more like C, because storage constraints in early versions removed vowels[0] and if you break the rules anything can happen.
Plus, it starts with a void* (* as in star, let there be light, etc.)
> Which programming language would allow me to get closer to God?
The answer is obviously HolyC. Full stop. And the operating system you would use to communicate with God is TempleOS.
I thought this was established already?
God Wrote in Lisp Code. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZCs4Eyalxc
Ruby takes the cake for beauty. But if God wanted a real workhorse with a good memory he would choose Golang.
Isn't it known that the universe is written in Lisp?
Careful there. Isaiah 55:11 "so shall My word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: It shall not return unto Me void"
There's a real chance that God is a functional forth programmer.