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Re: AI complexity

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On 09.10.2025 14:27, Stefan Ram wrote:
>   Based on the idea of Kolmogorov complexity, I'd like to suggest
>   the term "AI complexity". The term isn't precisely defined since
>   it really depends on both the user and the AI system, but by
>   "AI complexity" of an algorithm, I basically mean the (textual or
>   temporal) length of a prompt or conversation you'd need to write
>   in order to get the chatbot to produce the code you want.
> 
>   This concept helps me understand myself better.
> 
>   I normally don't write code by hand; I have it generated.
>   But for my current main project, I'm writing it myself, and
>   honestly, I'm moving at a snail's pace. So I started wondering
>   why I suddenly decided to write it on my own this time.
> 
>   I think the answer lies in what I assume to be the project's
>   AI complexity. It just feels like it would take me so long to
>   explain to the chatbot exactly what I need that, in this case,
>   it probably makes more sense to just write it myself!

I think you're going to invent a misnomer. - AI bots cannot "write"
code (in the creative way); they search, collect, assemble pieces.

Try using a term that focuses on the search process and not on "AI".
(I've also a vague memory that such a term had already been coined,
but not in IT context but rather sociology or philosophy.)

Janis

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AI complexity ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2025-10-09 12:27 +0000
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  Re: AI complexity Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-10-10 12:45 +0200

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