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Exploring the Implications of OpenAI Codex on Education for Industry 4.0

2023; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-031-24291-5_20

1860-9503

Robert W. Brennan, Jonathan Lesage,

Teaching and Learning Programming

In this paper we explore the potential benefits and drawbacks of the OpenAI Codex code completion model on teaching and learning in Industry 4.0 oriented undergraduate engineering programs. Two sets of test are performed with the model: the first investigates the Codex model's ability to generate code in Python's main programming paradigms, and the second focuses on a programming exercise typical for an undergraduate course in automation and controls. Our results show that, although Codex is very capable of assisting students with simple code completions, students will still need to have a strong intuition for software development based on Industry 4.0 standards to use this technology properly.