• Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= (4/4) Sep 30 2020 Has anybody seen Facebook's Transcoder [1] in action? The
• Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQ=?= (7/10) Sep 30 2020 That it transpiles incorrectly and that when it works the

Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnc=?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:

Has anybody seen Facebook's Transcoder [1] in action? The 
code/model hasn't been made public yet.

What are its limitations?

[1] https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.03511

Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQ=?= <ola.fosheim.grostad gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 30 September 2020 at 14:08:05 UTC, Per Nordlöw 
wrote:
 Has anybody seen Facebook's Transcoder [1] in action? The 
 code/model hasn't been made public yet.

 What are its limitations?

That it transpiles incorrectly and that when it works the 
resulting programs produce wrong outputs in way too many 
translations to be useful.

Basically an AI paper, not a tool.

The failure rate for toy programs is listed in appendix C.