Microsoft Demos AI Development at Build, Using OpenAI Codex

One of the more intriguing technologies demonstrated at this week's Microsoft Build conference was OpenAI Codex, a machine learning model that translates natural language into code "across more than a dozen programming languages." In a keynote presentation entitled "The Future of AI Development Tools," Microsoft chief technology officer Kevin Scott said that "Codex lets us use natural language to express our intentions, and the machine takes on the responsibility of translating those intentions into code." You heard that right: the machine does the coding for you! This could be the beginning of a paradigm shift in programming. It certainly takes the low-code trend to another level, because now you can (potentially) use AI software to talk an app into existence.