OpenAI Next Big Thing: Cod

By Geena Baide

December 29, 2021

UPDATED 12:00 PM EST

There’s a new, innovative tool created by GitHub that can auto generate code for you, using a model replicating GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) another model that uses internet data to convert small sizes of input text into relatively complex lines of code. And it’s called… Codex!

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Codex AutoGenerating Abilities

Codex can do much more than just auto generating code from a small set of input text, though this is valuable because it will correctly predict and at least thoroughly attempt to analyze larger and more complete functions than just classical autocomplete. It is able to work with standard English, French, and can convert HTML into Python, which proves useful when solving Python puzzles.

For starters, Codex can easily solve 1st grade math problems. Just (Ctrl + C) and (Ctrl + V) the question as a prompt, and it will compute the solution for you in the console.log.

Amazing!

Codex has the ability to receive HTML files as a form of input and host it with a Python server. The Codex auto generator regularly works with Python, HTML, and many other programming and regular languages.

Auto Generators Of the Future

Thanks to codex, it’s possible to create new code templates and personalize them as you’d like, with little to no effort required, as well as an AI assistant that will lead you every step of the way for any coding project that’s on your mind, no more half-finished coding projects with Codex!

References

[1] Uniqtech. “OpenAI Codex — Uniqtech Guide to the code generator, NLP based code autocomplete.” 2021. OpenAI Codex — Uniqtech Guide to the code generator, NLP based code autocomplete, https://medium.com/data-science-bootcamp/openai-codex-uniqtech-guide-to-the-code-generator-nlp-based-code-autocomplete-9898f5f3d7a6. Accessed 5 Nov 2021.

[2] Hackernoon. “OpenAI's New Code Generator: GitHub Copilot (and Codex).” OpenAI's New Code Generator: GitHub Copilot (and Codex), 25 Jul 2021, https://hackernoon.com/openais-new-code-generator-github-copilot-and-codex-bb143773. Accessed 5 Nov 2021.

Uniqtech. “OpenAI Codex - Uniqtech Guide to GPT-3 code generation.” Skill View, 2021, https://ml.learn-to-code.co/skillView.html?skill=Q0Jsykn34WWsweEDx18A. Accessed 5 Nov 2021.