Ah, the magic of OpenAI

With the recent launch of GitHub Copilot, and it also being based on the ever mentioned OpenAI platform, I decided to once again flex the muscles of the ShortlyAI front-end interface.

Since I’ve been diving more and more into Python lately, I decided to throw this command at it:

/write a python function that counts to 5

Surprisingly, it did throw an actual function at me:

Sure, it wasn’t a perfect Python function but it was a start. After some minor tweaking, I was able to get results:

This is awesome!

Yes, GitHub Copilot is probably going to do a much better job at the programming side of things. Definitely will be able to handle much more advanced function generation as well.

On the other hand, this will be a great alternative until I’m sent the email invite to the Copilot technical preview.

It’s just amazing that two separate front-end UIs powered by the same AI back-end can both produce code. Amazing and, I suppose, scary; depending on your viewpoint.

On the topic of Copilot, you should total check it out here:

GitHub Copilot · Your AI pair programmer

This is going to be a very powerful coding assistant, even for those who are still fresh to certain programming languages.