Comment by nmeofthestate
4 hours ago
If AI is natural language programming then they already had it in 1978, because AI is in fact "asking a programmer to write code for you". And you can even ask them to do it at different levels of abstraction!
4 hours ago
If AI is natural language programming then they already had it in 1978, because AI is in fact "asking a programmer to write code for you". And you can even ask them to do it at different levels of abstraction!
It's the same as "natural language bricklaying" where you make walls appear by speaking instructions to a brickie whom you're paying.
>If AI is natural language programming then they already had it in 1978, because AI is in fact "asking a programmer to write code for you"
That would just be the "I" part, since was missing the A for artificial: you asked a naturally made person.
And yes, nobody argued that they didn't have I in 1978, so I'm not sure what the argument is supposed to prove.
> I'm not sure what the argument is supposed to prove.
I’m guessing it’s supposed to show that if you have to have arbitrary levels of intelligence to interpret natural language, then nothing’s changed between now and 1978 when considering whether “natural language programming” is a thing. Just because the intelligence is artificial now doesn’t really change the answer.