Automatic code generation was expected to happen - exploring studies on software predictability
Many were caught by surprise when OpenAI revealed the coding capabilities of their model (and ofc SWEs started to panic they will lose their jobs). However, there was a significant body of research indicating the eventual creation of an intelligent code generation tool…it’s just that most of us were not aware of it. This is not a technical post, but rather aims to be (or at least, I hope so) an interesting exploration of studies from over a decade ago that highlighted the deterministic characteristics of software code....