THE VIDEO SHELF · ai code generation
OpenAI Codex Live Demo
OpenAI's 2021 live demo of Codex translating natural language into code, from Hello World to building a game and a Microsoft Word plugin.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as an early, impressive demonstration that LLMs could write working code.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- OpenAI
- Topic
- ai code generation
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I loved Openai's codex JavaScript game making live demo(1) where they actually created a fully functioning game in JavaScript using just plain old english. Kind of changed my whole view about programming and it's future. (1) [VIDEO]
ghoomketu on Hacker News · 2022-06
In Ask HN: Best dev tool pitches of all time?Here's a pretty impressive demo. [VIDEO] I think they said it handles something like 37% of requests. Btw, don't watch it if your worried at losing your job to a computer.
sharemywin on Hacker News · 2021-09
In A.I. can now write its own computer code – that’s good news for humans
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