alt Hacker NewsI've got to give the author credit, it seems like this is written without an LLM. But, there seems to be a lot that is arguable.
For example, the article says "Natural language is the interface of last resort."
But, is that actually true? Isn't the AI boom happening because N/L is truly available as an interface?
Anyway, please keep writing and asking tough questions.
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I think it is true, but I think the author underestimates how difficult it is for us to reason in ways other than natural language. We have to be taught it and we have to practice it.
natural language will never be 100% deterministic
> the article says "Natural language is the interface of last resort."
I wonder why he decided to express this thought in natural language though. Should have tried formalising it.
Natural language is an imprecise interface. It really ideally is the interface of last resort. If you have a straight line from problem to solution you do not need natural language. It’s only if there isn’t one that you do. And in that case the same sentence can mean different things to different people even those who are native speakers. The most obvious example to me is something like “next weekend” which is a term that can mean different things to different people at different times. But it’s a deeper problem than that.
The AI boom is happening because people what to believe that natural language is precise. Not because it’s actually an effective way to interface with everything.