Re:Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" and LLMs replacin...
by mrkeen on Monday April 28, 2025 @10:37AM
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> So with that in mind, how can we reject the possibility that as an AI Agent (e.g. Aider) works on a program over time, it bootstraps a theory?
That's the appropriate level of faith for today's LLMs. They're not good enough to replace programmers. They're good enough that we can't reject the possibility of them one day being good enough to replace programmers.
That's the appropriate level of faith for today's LLMs. They're not good enough to replace programmers. They're good enough that we can't reject the possibility of them one day being good enough to replace programmers.