Reddit r/MachineLearningSeptember 19, 2026
ProgramAsWeights: compile English function descriptions into neural programs that run locally [R]
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Given the recent interest in tools like Jev, I wanted to share ProgramAsWeights (PAW), an open-source research project I'm working on at the University of Waterloo. You describe a text function in English, compile it into a reusable neural program, and run it locally, including on a CPU. For example: import programasweights as paw fn = paw.compile_and_load("Classify urgent emails") fn("Need this today") # "urgent" (runs locally) This example uses our hosted compiler for compilation (you can host