OpenAI Codex Live Demo

What it is

OpenAI's 2021 live demo of Codex translating natural language into code, from Hello World to building a game and a Microsoft Word plugin.

HN points to it as an early, impressive demonstration that LLMs could write working code.

“Kind of changed my whole view about programming and it's future.”
Live demo building a working JavaScript game from plain English.
ghoomketu, 2022-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best dev tool pitches of all time?”
“Here's a pretty impressive demo.”
Impressive demo of Codex turning requests into working code.
sharemywin, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “A.I. can now write its own computer code – that’s good news for humans”

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Topics: openai codex, code generation, llm, live demo, programming