Comment on How long do you think until AI writes and debugs code better than the average programmer?
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 6 months ago
HumanEval achieved 74.4%, surpassing GPT-4 at 67%. It successfully solves 43% of problems in the latest Codeforces rounds with 10 attempts. The evaluation considered the time penalty, and it still ranks in the 85th percentile or higher. AlphaCode 2 already beats 85% of people in top programming competitions (which are already better than 99% of enginners out there). So I believe AI already writes better code than the average programmer, but I don’t think it can debug a large codebase yet. I’d say it will need a platform to test and iteratively rewrite the code, and I don’t see that happening earlier than 3 years.
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I actually have used it to debug code before. Not an entire program (yet) but it’s great for snippets where you’re just missing a semicolon or bracket, or need advice on how to properly call a weird function. It also writes small things like batch files incredibly well. Just like with regular language, it’s great for a few paragraphs, then begins to drift as it struggles to parse longer conversations. So if you only need it for a few “paragraphs” of code, it’s great.
SnuggleSnail@ani.social 6 months ago
I also like to give AI my code and just ask to rewrite it, implementing a cleaner solution and upholding best practices. Most times, there are things that are really an improvement!
PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yup. Every time I feed it my code, I find some new trick or method I hadn’t thought of before. Being self-taught, it really is a remarkable tool for seeing what efficient code looks like.