Vitalik Buterin’s AI take is less about chatbots and more about proving software is safe
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Vitalik Buterin argues that AI can make formal verification more practical, helping generate specs and proofs to ensure software behaves correctly, potentially transforming critical software development beyond Ethereum.
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