TomBers

Wanted to second this. Been using AI extensively on a relatively large Phoenix / Elixir code base, and it mostly produces excellent results.

The features of Elixir that lead to good software are amplified with LLM's.

One thing that I would perhaps add to the article (or emphasise) is the clarity and quality of error messages in Elixir. In my opinion some of the best error logging in the game. The vast majority of the time the error gives enough information to very quickly fix the problem.

Completely agree. I feel no pressure to constantly upgrade my Elixir versions. I just look at the changes and there is often useful features that make me want to upgrade, as opposed the feeling of dread when I am pushed to upgrade.

What is a good way to test for better than human intelligence?

Proposal - The Skibidi toilet test

So the test is very simple:

Could an artificial intelligence create a piece of media on demand that reached similar levels of cultural impact as Skibidi toilet?

Why?

1) This is not currently humanly possible. Many try, and some are better than others, but it is fundamentally impossible to predict.

2) Out of distribution By definition it has to be something unique, eliciting a thats cool response.

3)Models other minds The tone \ content \ semiotics has to speak to a large enough group of people and worth sharing.

4) Surfing the Geist To both understand and respond to the Geist, to directly observe the "anima mundi, spiritus universi"