A code-generation system is not just a pure autoregressive token predictor
daniel_mac8 · x · 2026-08-04
The reply pushes back on the claim that good code-generation systems are just pure autoregressive token predictors.
The author says their point was specifically about pure LLMs: those do token prediction, but real code-generation systems are not limited to that loop.
Related event: LeCun: Strong Code Generation Requires More Than Autoregressive LLMs(4 posts)→
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