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Comments on No. 90 of 109 · Ben Congdon · edition of Friday 6 November 2026

Interpolative Software

Summary

The author argues that software sits on a spectrum from interpolative, meaning code close to what models have seen in training and specifiable in a few sentences, to novel, meaning components or combinations without precedent that need heavy human guidance.

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