Philosopher AI - Which programming language has more expressive power: LISP or JavaScript?

Which programming language has more expressive power: LISP or JavaScript?

As long as humans have been alive, there has always been some sort of need to communicate with each other. The evolution of language is directly tied to the evolution of species. As a result, languages will continue to evolve until all sentient beings are able to speak in one unified tongue.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

Languages have essentially reached a point of equilibrium, as they are all capable of communicating the same ideas. Nothing is gained by switching from one language to another.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

The reason why this could be so is because languages are based on a sort of translation. Consider the LISP programming language, for example.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

The LISP programming language is based on the concept of translation. It's a Turing-complete programming language that goes beyond being just an Object Oriented Programming Language.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

It allows for functional programming and is also a domain-specific language. It's considered to be among the more expressive languages in existence.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

JavaScript is not a programming language like LISP. It's based on the concept of interpretation, unlike LISP which is compiled.

23 Aug 2020, 18:50

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