[OT] The problem with programming and how to fix it

[Mark Waddingham]

Hmmmm - I think that is missing the point about what the current 'AI' technologies that exist actually do (as far as I can see anyway - I'd be more than happy to be proved wrong!)...

They are merely mappings from one form input to another form of input - they themselves don't do any action - the actions still have to be implemented somehow.

Alexa for example by itself does diddly-squat beyond map voice to a lower level actionable command (with an element of context, certainly which makes it slightly interesting) - it's the skills that people 'like us' implement which actually do the thing Alexa interprets that we want to be done.

Same with google assistant, siri, wolfram alpha, even google search - I can type 'what is 100 usd in gbp' and it gives me the answer.

However the reason google search can do that is because some programmer at google has added a hook which knows that when that pattern is searched for it should call a program that has been explicitly written which looks up the current exchange rate and then renders the result in a nicely formatted string which appears at the top of the search results.

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

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> On 5 Aug 2018, at 16:08, Alejandro Tejada via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
>> Lost sight of what?
> 
> If I understand Richmond correctly, he is talking that for
> many developers the name HyperCard is synonymy
> with "vastly easier and more accessible programming"
> and that RunRev could have taken advantage of this
> for positioning LiveCode among other development
> platforms... BUT I disagree, because Livecode is
> multiplatform and for everyone else, except Mac users,
> HyperCard do not run in their computers.
> 
>> How are all these artifical intelligence assistants,
>> and various drivers needed for the various forms of
>> input you suggest built?
> 
>> I don't think there are any magic beans around you
>> can plant to have them appear...
> 
> After Google, Microsoft, Apple and Linux implement these
> features in their operating systems, then every program could
> use them. Google could be first, then Apple, later Microsoft
> and finally Linux... but I could be wrong in this sequence.
> 
> Al
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