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Ambiguity in Natural Programming
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this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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The ambiguity is exactly why a spec has to be runnable. Natural language always leaves room, so what carries the weight is the acceptance check the agent can run and fail against, not the prose. If nothing can fail the output, the ambiguity just moves downstream into the code.