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Mirror is an entirely new concept in programming — just supply function signatures and some input-output examples, and AI does the rest.

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[–] akkajdh999 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

So a chatgpt wrapper that compiles a DSL to JavaScript. Ok.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 37 minutes ago

Of course it would output JavaScript. What else?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago
// Hack the mainframe to skim pennies from ongoing transactions
async function addMoneyToMyBankAccount(dollarAmount: number): Promise<"success">

Alright let's go

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

almost like a shitty prolog that won't work half the time!

[–] BatmanAoD 1 points 13 hours ago

Doesn't prolog already "not work half the time"? (Disclaimer: I haven't used it.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I don't mean this in a toxic way, but this is probably the worst idea I have seen yet with Ai in programming. People should use less Ai, and learn more how to program. It's better in the long term.

https://github.com/AZHenley/Mirror

Is the language and interpretation predictable and exact? If you install a newer version of the Ai, can the exact same code behavior be guaranteed? What's the benefit over using Ai tools that generate code in a static language, instead leaving it to be interpreted?

[–] Reptorian 2 points 13 hours ago

People should use less Ai, and learn more how to program

Yes. Once you know how, you can see pitfalls with AI.

[–] Reptorian 6 points 13 hours ago

Interesting, but I never needed AI for coding. Well, twice, and I had to do changes, but would not use AI to generate code.

[–] KindaABigDyl 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Could I do:

signature primes_less_than(x: number) -> [number]
example primes_less_than(2) = []
example primes_less_than(10) = [ 2, 3, 5, 7 ]
primes_less_than(10582319112759318014901241439012831231539517)

?

I don't pay for OpenAI, so I can't try the playground

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Ooooh, this oughta be good.