Sam Altman, CEO of Openai, has again shake the technological panorama with a statement that has not gone unnoticed among programmers around the world. During the Microsoft Building held on May 19, in a conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Altman made it clear that the program is about to change forever thanks to AI.
His new tool, known as Codex, is an advance that, in his own words,One of the biggest changes in the history of programming«.
Openai has been training models capable of understanding and generating code for some time, but with this new tool they have gone beyond. This system is no longer limited to offering suggestions or completing functions; now is able to manage projects, detect errors, answer doubts and propose improvements autonomously.
Codex: A Virtual Assistant for real programmers
Unlike the classic editors with self -fulfilled or the extensions that offer specific aids, Codex is emerging as a very useful agent. You can receive instructions in natural languagetranslate them into code, test them, correct errors and evolve that code depending on new needs.
Altman described him as a tireless collaborator to which «you can assign work, it is like a real delegation of software engineering tasks, and I think he will continue to improve from now on.»
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The most innovative is its ability to handle tasks in parallelsomething that even human teams can do so effective. Codex can be responsible for writing secondary functions while you develop the project core.
You can also explain what a part of the code does, detect bugs or implement a new functionality based on a brief description in everyday language. This does not only understand the code, but also the purpose behind it.
Threat or ally for programmers?
With each advance of artificial intelligence, the same concern appears, on whether this technology will replace human professionals. In the case of Codex, the answer is not so simple.
Although Altman insists that his creation is intended as an aid, a way of freeing the developer of repetitive tasks and allowing him to focus on the creative, Many fear that automation reaches levels that make certain technical profiles expendable.
The key, however, seems to be in adaptation. As in their day the programmers had to learn new languages or familiarize themselves with other methodologies, now the challenge will be to learn to work with smart agents such as Codex. Who dominates the art of giving good indications to AI will have a considerable competitive advantage.
The arrival of this tool does not mark the end of the programmers, but The beginning of a new stage where collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence It will define the efficiency and quality of the software.
As Altman said during the Microsoft event: «True innovation will be to learn to delegate.» And in this new panorama, the ability will not only write good code, but to know how to ask the AI to do it for you.
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Tags: Artificial intelligence, programming