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Comment AI can be useful for writing code... (Score 1) 175

AI can definitely be useful for writing code but you need to give it very clear prompts and properly verify that the code it wrote is correct and accurate.

As for my own code, considering that the stuff I am working on at this point (personal projects, not paid work) relies on a bunch of reference materials where feeding that stuff into an AI would probably violate various NDAs 6 ways from Sunday, the answer is no, an AI bot probably can't write the code I am currently working on.

Comment Not all "AI" projects are slop... (Score 1) 109

The Open-BFME project (an AI-assisted project to reverse engineer the Battle for Middle Earth games) is in the process of producing not just source code that (when compiled with the right compiler) matches the binaries but source code that is good enough and readable enough to actually maintain and improve upon going forward.

I have been doing reverse engineering (including binary-matching reverse engineering) for a long time now and the stuff these guys are doing is amazing (the secret is to have the right prompts and instructions for the AIs and good solid verification to make sure that what the AI has generated for a given piece of code does in fact compile to identical machine code as the original)

Comment Will these be cheaper? (Score 1, Interesting) 153

Will it be cheaper to ride in a no-driver vehicle than in a regular old taxi or Uber? Because if it is (and the programming was such that I could put luggage or some other item on there and not have to worry about the vehicle disappearing with my stuff) I would absolutely want to use it when I need to move something too big for the bus or train.

Comment Google maps sucks even in cities. (Score 1) 133

There is a motorway junction where I am where its not possible to use the junction to cross the motorway on foot and you instead need to use a footbridge 500m to the south that you need to use instead. But Google Maps continues to suggest walking directions that involve the motorway junction instead of the footbridge.

And it seems there is no way to report problems like this to Google to get them to correct it and mark that bit of road as "pedestrians can't use this"

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