> It’s that the programming interface is functionally underspecified by default. Natural language leaves gaps; many distinct programs can satisfy the same prompt. The LLM must fill those gaps.

I think this is an interesting development, because we (linguists and logicians in particular) have spent a long time developing a highly specified language that leaves no room for ambiguity. One could say that natural language was considered deficient – and now we are moving in the exact opposite direction.