I've looked at some demo's of OpenAI Codex and it's pretty impressive start for sure. Something like this tied into R and a whole level of data analysis would become far more accessible to those with business knowledge who don't really want to learn the nuances of tools.
But I must say, having lived thru the 80's fad of code generating sudo 4gl's, the code this produces is pretty darn good indeed.
Now when something like this can handle a Google coding exam - that's going to be an epic milestone. Though old coding exam questions would equally offer up some great material to push this thru it's paces.
Morgan McGuire, the Chief Scientist for Roblox, was on a panel at SIGGRAPH last week where he described one goal of their R&D to be basically "taking a half page written description from the user and autogenerating their desired 3D game experience".
But I must say, having lived thru the 80's fad of code generating sudo 4gl's, the code this produces is pretty darn good indeed.
Now when something like this can handle a Google coding exam - that's going to be an epic milestone. Though old coding exam questions would equally offer up some great material to push this thru it's paces.