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The internet is full of people doing the “AI = compiler” comparison and it’s just wrong.
Maybe on a really small scale they can resemble a compiler because the number of possible outcomes is so small that it’s nearly deterministic.
But at any larger scale AI will not be deterministic anymore and at that point it will be relevant what the resulting code looks like. Because it can and will be slightly or very much off from your instruction.
If all inputs match a spec then why does it matter that the LLM is non-deterministic? I agree we might not be there yet, but the timelines for progress is shrinking and we are more likely to get there in a matter of months than not.