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Coding is not like multiplication. You can teach kids the multiplication table, or you can give them a calculator and both will work. With coding the problem is the "spec" is so much more complicated than just asking what is 5 * 7.

Maybe the way forward would be to invent better "specifiction languages" that are easy enough for humans to use, then let the AI implement the specifciation you come up with.



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