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"This might eventually possible with LLMs" – I'm pretty sure it's equivalent to solving the Halting Problem. It feels related to the Function Problem.

Jörg W Mittag
– Jörg W Mittag

2024-02-15 15:58:51 +00:00
Commented Feb 15, 2024 at 15:58
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For arbitrary and opaque code, yes, but presumably the executable code isn't so complicated, because humans wrote it for the expectation that it can be read in the future. If humans could figure out "To achieve this output at the end, I need to edit this root value here," then so could an LLM, hypothetically

Alexander
– Alexander

2024-02-15 16:11:18 +00:00
Commented Feb 15, 2024 at 16:11

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