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> The amount of training data doesn’t matter as much as we thought. Seems a huge assumption to me. From the data one could equally conclude that JavaScript and
by jna_sh 6mo ago
> The amount of training data doesn’t matter as much as we thought.
Seems a huge assumption to me. From the data one could equally conclude that JavaScript and Python have lower code quality _because_ the quantity of training data, e.g. more code written by less experienced developers
- zephen 6mo agoDon't worry! It'll only get better, as the amount of ouroboros training data explodes. Weren't we taught that recycling is good?
- dormento 6mo agoSeems to be that just like scrum, AI eventually turns terrible code into passable code, and good code into passable code. We're getting drowned by "good enough". Not "good" mind you, just "good enough".
- zephen 6mo ago> Seems to be that just like scrum Any methodology or tool, really. Eventually, we're all just participating in cargo cults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
- bsder 6mo ago> Don't worry! It'll only get better, as the amount of ouroboros training data explodes. Well, the AI can at least be constrained to "the code actually compiles, runs, and produces the correct output." The number of internet answers that can't pass that bar is distressingly high.
- zephen 6mo ago> "the code actually compiles, runs, and produces the correct output." I mean, I guess I interpreted the chart in tfa to indicate that this doesn't always happen.
- mbonnet 6mo agoin order, is is best to reduce, reuse, THEN recycle.
- zephen 6mo agoThank you. Correct ordering is, indeed, important. For example, "burn, then rape, pillage, and plunder" never works out quite right.