Fernando Borretti @zetalyrae
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Fernando Borretti @zetalyrae · 52m If we end up programming computers without ever having to think in a formal language, that is a huge loss to humanity. 💬4 🔁2 ❤15 📊435 🔖 ⤴ John David Press... @jd_press... · 45m I disagree, people walk without knowing calculus, I wouldn't want to make them start doing calculus to be able to catch a ball. "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them." - Alfred North Whitehead
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Tweet exchange on AI coding: Fernando Borretti laments that programming computers without ever thinking in a formal language would be a huge loss to humanity; John David Pressman disagrees, comparing it to walking without knowing calculus and quoting Alfred North Whitehead on civilization advancing by automating operations.