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specvsimpl

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    Comment #47581892

    Maybe they are aware of it? I talk to other people. They influence me, steer me. I am okay with that.

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    Comment #47581811

    In a lot of my AI assisted writing, the prompt is an order of magnitude larger than the output. Prompt: here are 5 websites, 3 articles I wrote, 7 semi-relevant markdown notes, the…

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    Comment #47560518

    You are aware of software verification? The AI can prove (mathematically) that its code implements the spec.

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    Comment #47560449

    I can only say that at family meetings, I hear people talk about contracting with a shop that used to have 4 web designers, but now it's 1 guy, delivering 4x faster than before. So…

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    Comment #47408596

    Uhm, no? Even with "simple" examples like Dijkstra's shortest path, the spec is easier than the implementation. Maybe not for you, but try it out on an arbitrary 5-yr old. On the e…