For a school project I need to make a simple python program. I need ideas so if you have something that you want made for you then please post it here. I'll release it here under a gnu general public license once I've finished.

What called my attention is that assessments of AI are becoming polarized and somewhat a matter of belief.

Some people firmly believe LLMs are helpful. But programming is a logical task and LLMs can't think - only generate statistically plausible patterns.

The author of the article explains that this creates the same psychological hazards like astrology or tarot cards, psychological traps that have been exploited by psychics for centuries - and even very intelligent people can fall prey to these.

Finally what should cause alarm is that on top that LLMs can't think, but people behave as if they do, there is no objective scientifically sound examination whether AI models can create any working software faster. Given that there are multi-billion dollar investments, and there was more than enough time to carry through controlled experiments, this should raise loud alarm bells.

Vcc - the Vulkan Clang Compiler, is a proof-of-concept C and C++ compiler for Vulkan leveraging Clang as a front-end, and Shady our own research IR and compiler. Unlike other shading languages, Vcc aims to stick closely to standard C/C++ languages and merely adds a few new intrinsics to cover GPU features. Vcc is similar to CUDA or Metal in this regard, and aims to bring the advantages of standard host languages to Vulkan shaders.

Key Features

Vcc supports advanced C/C++ features usually left out of shading languages such as HLSL or GLSL, in particular raising the bar when it comes to pointer support and control-flow:

• Unrestricted pointers
  • Arithmetic is legal, they can be bitcasted to and from integers
• Generic pointers
  • Generic pointers do not have an address space in their type, rather they carry the address space as a tag in the upper bits.
• True function calls
  • Including recursion, a stack is implemented to handle this in the general case
• Function pointers
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As, programmers what is the project that you made that made you learn the most and also added the most value to your resume?

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Hi everyone, I recently launched Flogo, a visual programming app that lets you build and simulate flowcharts with real logic execution. It’s designed for both students and developers, and supports things like:

Conditional blocks (if, for, while, dowhile)

Real-time simulation (console or navigation mode)

Dynamic input

Plotting graphs (plot() function)

Complex numbers, matrices, and over 100 built-in functions

Free, no ads, available for iOS & Android

If you're into visual coding, algorithm design, or teaching programming, give it a try! Feedback is welcome.

Links:

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flogo.myapp

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/it/app/flogo/id6744535672

Thanks!

excerpt from this talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028LZLUB24s