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avaer 2 hours ago

As a programmer I definitely get annoyed when I see code and I don't understand what it does.

But I also definitely don't understand the problem if I can't get the computer to understand it, with tests.

In some sense I always considered programming to be more trustworthy than maths arguments without the certainty of a solver proof.

With all of these questions in the air, epistemology might be making a comeback.

therobots927 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Tests only work for a limited set of programming verification. In many cases you don’t actually know what the output for any given input should be, so there’s no way of verifying the AI-generated code. You just kind of have to trust it. The only exception I can think of is robotics and quantitative trading. Which have already been extensively utilizing AI.