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Re:Claude's C Compiler vs. GCC by phorkyas82 on Monday February 09, 2026 @02:25AM (#46942516)
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..

Re:Claude's C Compiler vs. GCC by FeepingCreature on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:46AM (#46943086)
it can feed into itself and improve. the idea that self-training necessarily causes deterioration is fanfic. remember that they spend massive amounts of compute on rl.
Re:Claude's C Compiler vs. GCC by kuboble on Monday February 09, 2026 @06:54AM (#46944252)
The AlphaZero approach shows otherwise, as long as there is an automated way to generate new test cases and evaluate the outcomes.

We can't do it for all domains, but I believe we can for efficient code.

today's models could be probably already good enough to compose tasks, and evaluate the results.