DeepMind's AlphaCode Won't Steal Your Job Either

Too Long; Didn't Read

Machine learning solutions solve real business problems instead of boring and repetitive algorithms full of code smells. AlphaCode [achieved] an estimated rank within the top 54% of participants in programming competitions by solving new problems that require critical thinking, logic, algorithms, coding, and natural language understanding. The three current solutions (AlphaCode, [GitHub Copilot] and [GPT3] focus on competitive programming, an area where performance is the ultimate goal and readability is not important.

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