Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code?
uranibaba@lemmy.world 22 hours agoThe compiler is likely better at producing machine code as well, if LLMs could produce it.
Comment on Why don't these code-writing AIs just output straight up machine code?
uranibaba@lemmy.world 22 hours agoThe compiler is likely better at producing machine code as well, if LLMs could produce it.
riskable@programming.dev 22 hours ago
To add to this: It’s much more likely that AI will be used to improve compilers—not replace them.
Aside: AI is so damned slow already. Imagine AI compiler times… Yeesh!
naught101@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Strong doubt that AI would be useful for producing improved compilers. That’s a task that would require extremely detailed understanding of logical edge cases of a given language to machine code translation. By definition, no content exists that can be useful for training in that context. AIs will certainly try to help, because they are people pleasing machines. But I can’t see them being actually useful.
riskable@programming.dev 1 hour ago
Umm… AI has been used to improve compilers dating all the way back to 2004:
github.com/…/Artificial-Intelligence-in-Compiler-…
Sorry that I had to prove you wrong so overwhelmingly, so quickly 🤷
JustJack23@slrpnk.net 6 hours ago
I agree but I would clarify that this is true for the current gen of LLMs. AI is much broader subject.