Philosopher AI - Should I choose C++ as my first programming language?

Should I choose C++ as my first programming language?

To be a programmer, you need to learn how to program. But what is programming? And why should I choose C++ as my first programming language?

27 Aug 2020, 19:29

A programming language is a tool, which allows the programmer to write code. For example, when you want to print 'Hello World!' on your computer screen, then what you do is, open up a text editor in some programming language (such as C++), and type in the following:

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print('Hello World!')

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The computer will then compile the program and run it. If everything goes well, you will see 'Hello World!' on your screen.

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But the question is, what exactly happened when you typed in 'print('Hello World!')'?

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The answer is that you wrote a program. The computer will execute the program, which means it will follow all the instructions written in your code, one by one.

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You are getting an AI to generate text on different topics.

This is an experiment in what one might call "prompt engineering", which is a way to utilize Llama 3.1 405b, a neural network trained by Meta.

Llama is a language model. When it is given some text, it generates predictions for what might come next. It is remarkably good at adapting to different contexts, as defined by a prompt (in this case, hidden), which sets the scene for what type of text will be generated.

Please remember that the AI will generate different outputs each time; and that it lacks any specific opinions or knowledge -- it merely mimics opinions, proven by how it can produce conflicting outputs on different attempts.

Feel free to share interesting outputs to /r/philosopherAI on Reddit.

by Murat Ayfer