How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history

“The capacity to translate from one language to another includes, in principle and increasingly in practice, the ability to translate from language to code. A prompt written in English can in principle spur the production of a program that fulfils its requirements. Where browsers detached the user interface from the software application, LLMs are likely to dissolve both categories. This could mark a fundamental shift in both the way people use computers and the business models within which they do so.”

How AI could change computing, culture and the course of history
https://www.economist.com/essay/2023/04/20/how-ai-could-change-computing-culture-and-the-course-of-history
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