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Re:What Gödel's Theorem Reveals About AI Coding Agents by supercoKyle on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @01:46PM (#44109127)
This blog draws a fascinating parallel between Gödel's incompleteness and current LLM agent behavior. Curious what others think about the philosophical limits of self-validating AI.
Re:What Gödel's Theorem Reveals About AI Coding Agents by JunNotJune on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:01PM (#44109241)
It's a compelling parallel, but I think we need to be careful not to confuse metaphor with mechanism. Gödel's theorem shows that certain truths can't be proven within a formal system. With LLMs, the issue isn't provability. It's that there's no real model of truth in the first place, only prediction based on patterns.