On the foolishness of "natural language programming" - Edsger W. Dijkstra

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD06xx/EWD667.html

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sundray@lemmus.org · 5 pts · 19d

"But a moment is a long time, and thought is a painful process." (A.E.Housman)

Perfect.

jtrek@startrek.website · 4 pts · 19d

Thinking about some of the people I know who like AI, it does seem like their thinking is often vague and disorganized.

One of my old bosses got annoyed at me that I'd ask questions to clarify what he wanted. Like I should just know from vague instructions.