alt Hacker News> It's not fair to compare them like this!
As someone who leans pro in this debate, I don't think I would make that statement. I would say the results are exactly as we expect.
Also, a highly verifiable task like this is well suited to LLMs, and I expect within the next ~2 years AI tools will produce a better compiler than gcc.
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> I expect within the next ~2 years AI tools will produce a better compiler than gcc.
Building a "better compiler than gcc" is a matter of cutting-age scientific research, not of being able to write good code
The same two years as in "full self driving available in 2 years"?
Right.
> and I expect within the next ~2 years AI tools will produce a better compiler than gcc
and the "anti" crowd will point to some exotic architecture where it is worse
But only if there is a competent compiler engineer running the AI, reviewing specs, and providing decent design goals.
Yes it will be far easier than if they did it without AI, but should we really call it “produced by AI” at that point?
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Don't forget that gcc is in the training set.
That's what always puts me off: when AI replaces artists, SO and FOSS projects, it can only feed into itself and deteriorate..