Comment by ModernMech
10 hours ago
> Certainly such an AI would be able to just write machine code directly and verify it through whatever means, including formal proofs, as needed. Why does it need a compiler?
If the AI can write the program bytecode through AI magic, why can’t it verify that it works through AI magic?
The AI needs a compiler for the program for same reason it needs a proof language to verify it.
We used to write programs without a compiler. We'd write them in Assembly. The AI won't even need the assembler. If verification is done through formal proofs, a logic language is, indeed, needed, but the program itself could remain in machine code.