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OpsMonsters Typhoons : Why LLMs are not Good for Developers ? Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have revolutionized how we interact with technology, effortlessly understanding and generating human-like text. But when it comes to coding, these AI marvels still have a lot to learn. Here’s why: 1. Language Barrier Different Worlds: LLMs are trained on text, which is very different from code. Text is full of variety, while code follows strict rules. Token Trouble: LLMs break text into pieces (tokens) to understand it. This works well for text, but code often has patterns and structures that tokens miss. For example, code indentation is super important, but tokenizers often ignore it. 2. Short-Term Memory Limited Focus: LLMs can only "remember" a small amount of text at a time. Code often has connections between different parts, which LLMs can miss. Big Picture Problem: Long codes with complex structures are hard for LLMs to handle because they can't see the whole thing at once. 3. Learning to Predict One-Way Street: LLMs learn to predict the next word based on what came before. This is great for writing, but code often needs to look both forward and backward. Better Training: New models are learning to look at code from both sides, which helps them understand and generate code better. Final Thoughts While newer iterations of GPT models show improved coding capabilities, they do not necessarily address the core issues directly. Typically, these models use the traditional encoder-decoder transformer architecture and are pre-trained on code bases to develop a strong prior for human-like coding patterns. Task-specific fine-tuning with smaller datasets further enhances their performance. However, despite promising results from fine-tuning and integrating additional components like the ChatGPT code interpreter, some researchers advocate addressing these challenges fundamentally. This approach aims to evolve LLMs beyond relying solely on maximum likelihood estimations to adopting performance-aware code generation strategies. #LLM #ChatGPT #COPILOT #OpsMonsters Don't miss a Geek! Follow us for your daily dose of tech news, insights, and more...

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Godwin Josh

Co-Founder of Altrosyn and DIrector at CDTECH | Inventor | Manufacturer

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You're right, LLMs struggle with code's syntactic structure and semantic nuances. The lack of robust type inference and understanding of program semantics remains a significant hurdle. Perhaps exploring hybrid approaches, combining symbolic reasoning with statistical learning, could bridge this gap? Could we leverage formal verification techniques to ensure the correctness of LLM-generated code?

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