This Google AI Can Self-Program By Itself

Joseph Henry, Tech Times 05 November 2022, 10:11 am

The whole programming process for newbie developers is a tedious task to do. Mastering one or two languages can be very tricky, especially if you are still getting started with them.

However, a new report says that Google has created an AI that can easily understand the syntax of a programming language. Artificial intelligence can even pick up the groove of the codes given by engineers.

Code as Policies

This Google AI Can Self-Program By itself

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Google engineers are currently training a robot to program through a set of instructions.

According to a story by Popular Science on Saturday, Nov. 5, robotic researchers from Google are searching for new days to develop a powerful AI that can self-program.

The robot is so powerful that it can finish the rest of the test even if you'll only type is "pick up the yellow block."

With regard to this, Google has developed a particular coding language model derived from the PALM or Pathways Language Model. The engineers use so-called CaP or "Code as Policies" to train the AI to see if it will code whatever it wants to write down.

The previous task was a challenge, but the experts managed to instruct the model to "autonomously generate new code that re-composes API calls, synthesizes new functions, and expresses feedback loops to assemble new behaviors at runtime."

In a blog post, Google engineers said that such a system relies on robot code. The team even gave some hints about the tools used in coding.

From here, the AI gets used to coding by itself. It even makes use of "hierarchical code generation," which allows it to "self-architect" a codebase and even gather all of the instructions given to it.

It's not an ordinary AI, to begin with. It's capable of coding even the most complicated descriptions in the database. On top of that, it can also comprehend things that are not related to programming, including Facebook emojis and other foreign languages.

Limitations of CaP

At the moment, Google engineers know that CaP has some limitations which restrict it from creating its own language model. It still needs some instructions from the coders.

Additionally, if the parameters are too difficult to understand or they are unsupported, then the AI cannot write a code.

Despite its limitations, the researchers believed that this robot could be a great tool for their experiment. Training the AI to perform a human task is quite hard to overcome, but the team managed to surpass it.

Fortunately, this test is just the beginning of their discovery. The engineers hope that the robots can do real-world applications without interpreting any code written by humans.

Last month, Technology Review reported that Google developed AudioLM, a new AI system that is capable of generating sounds around its surroundings.

Earlier this week, another AI-powered feature was released for Android and iPhone users. The life-saving app dubbed "Flood Hub" has expanded its service in new countries across Asia and Africa. This tool helps track wildfires and floods in a certain area or location.

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Written by Joseph Henry