Post #2236093
2025-08-12 06:07 UTC
A question (or hope) that keeps popping up is whether or not LLM prompts will replace code, not simply generate it.
The short answer is no.
A slightly longer answer is that prompts will only ever replace code by having LLMs not behave like LLMs.
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@kevlin@mastodon.social 2025-08-12 06:11
To all measurable intents and purposes, LLMs are non-deterministic. The value of code is that it is deterministic. If your business is dependent on software, you want to know how it will behave and that it will behave consistently. Consider the role and necessity of consistency for software in regulated markets, the medical domain, safety-critical systems, etc. Consistency is inherently not a feature of LLMs.
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@shafik@hachyderm.io 2025-08-12 16:34
@kevlin@mastodon.social We are going to have to see some big mess ups before more realistic conversations about coding using LLMs starts to happen. The hype distortion field feels hard to work against at this point.