Deep learning to translate between programming languages
This sounds more impressive than it is. I kept an auto-translation going for quite a while from C# to Go just by creating some bash scripts. These languages are so similar, that while not idiomatic, you can be up and running with quite few rules and some simplifications to the original code.While I believe this is a good arena for algorithms to provide solution, I'm sceptical that ML in its current incarnations is the right tool. The problem is the variations in the problem space: generic programs, need for idiomatic code, renewed design and lack of human insight and ownership. Sure for an easy and specialized solution, this will work and may be helpful as a one-off. That is, if one just wants a straight port and test alot.