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In most discussions about how to make programming better, someone eventually says
something along the lines of we ll just have to wait until deep learning solves
the problem! I think this is a naively optimistic idea,
but it raises one interesting question: In what sense are programs created using deep
learning a
different kind of programs than those written by hand?
This question recently arose in discussions that we have been having as part of the
PROGRAMme project, which explores historical and
philosophical perspectives on the question What is a (computer) program? and so this
article owes much debt to others involved in the project,