The for-profit OpenAI LP and its parent organization, the nonprofit OpenAI Inc., make up the artificial intelligence research facility known as OpenAI. The company created a program called Codex which essentially helps write or fully write programs that a programmer would usually write. Isn't that neat? A program that writes programs!
The straightforward directions that Codex converts from human language to computer code do not advance the capabilities of a machine, but ideally they will eliminate the laborious minutes that even a skilled programmer would need to complete similar activities.
Even more, the CEO stated that Codex produces human code in a fraction of the time while maintaining or even improving upon it. “This model is much better than I am,” he added. It is truly amazing how powerful yet basic Codex is.
I have even seen a few other programs such as the Ghostwriter from Replit which also uses AI to write programs. This really interests me because it can hurt and help our society. While it can improve and fix the mistakes of an expert computer scientist and make sure one’s code is as efficient as possible, I am worried that people may take advantage of it and possibly eliminate jobs for computer scientists. I am also concerned about a computer scientist’s education. Would they use a program like Ghostwriter or Codex to “cheat” or take the easy route through education? This could risk one’s software foundation that they would very much need to succeed in their career and impact their community.
