Learning to code is often a passport to success, and with the evolution of AI, the dream of building something amazing could be open to anyone. Entrepreneur Amjad Masad presents an innovative platform that connects human creativity with next-generation AI capabilities, allowing anyone to become a software developer — without writing a single line of code.
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@jamwell295
January 8, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Free palestine
@3boys1family
January 8, 2024 at 4:32 pm
May God Almighty give them freedom and justice!
@TooMuchMills
January 8, 2024 at 4:19 pm
I’m scared they’re gunna steal my ideas… They have the money to Patent & create them a lot quicker & better than me 🫥
@peachmango5347
January 8, 2024 at 4:24 pm
I’m with you. I searched for “my ideas” and chatgpt said there was nothing in their “database” yet. I don’t even like searching for fear that that is not my property but theirs to use. We can’t be alone as that is what they are trying to do is mine human language – thought – ideas – and take it all for themselves.
@ironmaiden5658
January 8, 2024 at 4:22 pm
We’re witnessing the dawn of the end of humanity with AI. Nobody is stopping it. The genies head is already out of the bottle. Careful what you wish for.
@efehanmaleri6051
January 8, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Chill… with universal basic income the only thing we gonna do is eat play reproduce repeat, if we solve climate change first
@peachmango5347
January 8, 2024 at 4:22 pm
The product he demonstrated linked google maps with wikipedia – that’s the “great app” example in this video.
@BBAACKE
January 8, 2024 at 4:48 pm
I think they went with that example precisely because of its simplicity of linking two websites that anybody anywhere knows of.
If this were math then he 2+2’d us and we all knew the components in the equation & went, it’s 4. But the subtext I took away from this was, “well how about we use their product & think in algebraic. Use our own variables, go crazy & solve for your own person “X”.
@peachmango5347
January 8, 2024 at 5:16 pm
@@BBAACKE I could have handled that example.
@boo3600
January 8, 2024 at 6:22 pm
I’ll be waiting on the github link@@peachmango5347
@nerd26373
January 8, 2024 at 4:35 pm
Great insights shared. Seems like there’s more to artificial intelligence than meets the eye.
@gkeith64
January 8, 2024 at 4:54 pm
Hr has just announced the freedom of the earthling kingdom. HalleluYah 🔯💜👊 very wELl deserved..❤
@Turquoise_Chain
January 8, 2024 at 4:55 pm
He learnt to code on what?
@g0d182
January 8, 2024 at 4:58 pm
cool
@trashtvinternational
January 8, 2024 at 5:02 pm
I didn’t understand a single thing….. SO HOW DO I CREATE AN APP IF I HAVE AN idea???? Please explain!!
@imanuelbaca2468
January 8, 2024 at 7:09 pm
take a basic python class so you understand the fundamentals. should take a week or two. Then take you great idea and ask chat GPT to break down the steps to make it. Then attempt each step and have chat GPT help you with each step and coach you through each step.
@Phil-W
January 8, 2024 at 5:07 pm
We don’t need AGI to solve this problem
@Ricy013
January 8, 2024 at 5:19 pm
Is apps everything humans can think of nowadays?
@boo3600
January 8, 2024 at 6:24 pm
Well you’re on one so they can’t be too bad…
@arr165
January 8, 2024 at 5:32 pm
Ted used to be great
@ariazli4241
January 8, 2024 at 5:33 pm
Thank you very much for leading our future. Greetings from Aria (Auckland, New Zealand). I’m very keen to explore the possibilities. What is the name of this platform and its web link? Was it built from OpenAI APIs? How reliable is it? Did anyone try? Many thanks. ❤
@htd2006
January 8, 2024 at 5:46 pm
This is going to democratize tech once and for all. It could help turn much of the world from being just consumers to producers and innovators. 💡
@dameanvil
January 8, 2024 at 5:55 pm
0:04 🖥 Fascination with Technology:
– Childhood fascination with technology sparked by father setting up a computer.
– Early exposure led to a desire to create own video games.
0:57 🌐 Internet’s Impact:
– Arrival of the internet ignited entrepreneurial ideas but posed challenges on where to start.
– Quest to solve problems led to the idea of an online programming sandbox.
1:47 🚀 Silicon Valley Journey:
– Innovation of the world’s first online programming sandbox gained attention in Silicon Valley.
– Migration to the United States, initially to New York, then Silicon Valley.
1:58 💡 Vision and Mission:
– Founding a company aiming to democratize software creation for everyone.
– Goal: Empower a billion software creators globally.
2:55 🤖 Large Language Models:
– Recognized the potential of large language models to enable software creation from human language thoughts.
– Aims to bring a billion software creators online via this technology.
3:51 🗺 Interactive AI Assistance:
– Envisioning an AI-assisted experience where users brainstorm ideas and collaborate to create applications seamlessly.
– AI assistant actively engages, brainstorming, suggesting, and strategizing based on user inputs.
5:04 💰 Budgeting and Planning:
– Planning not just coding but also setting budgets and timeframes for app development.
– Integrating AI assistance for resource allocation and problem-solving.
7:30 📲 AI-Powered App Development:
– Illustrates an app creation scenario solely managed by orchestrating AI and human resources, requiring no code writing by the user.
– Emphasizes the user’s role as the creative heartbeat and project manager.
8:00 🌟 Achievements:
– Showcases real-life examples of individuals, regardless of background or technical expertise, succeeding in software development due to accessible tools and AI assistance.
9:26 🌐 Democratizing Opportunities:
– Envisions a future where AI-powered tools democratize opportunities, potentially leading to millions building their dreams.
– Open sourcing AI models to further democratize access to technology.
9:48 🌍 Equalizing Opportunities:
– Portrays AI as a tool equalizing opportunities and expanding horizons for people typically sidelined in tech.
10:01 🌈 Future Vision:
– Paints a picture of an American dream in the cloud, emphasizing global accessibility and democratization of opportunities through technology.
@abcthegreat1
January 8, 2024 at 6:15 pm
Oh look another ad disguised as a talk
@paolopanka
January 8, 2024 at 6:30 pm
The app name ???
@jonny4866
January 8, 2024 at 6:34 pm
what’s the point if everyone can just do it. Don’t see how anyone ever builds a business again once AI scales
@johnstewartBr3X1T
January 8, 2024 at 6:55 pm
It’s one big trap, so they can analyze the meta-code and profit from it at the nano-second level. They win. We lose. Simple.
@johnstewartBr3X1T
January 8, 2024 at 6:52 pm
The last birthday month while my dad was still alive but he was seriously unwell. On another note, I’m surprised they still make Ted talks. I thought everybody knew by now that only rich people are permitted to grow and flourish, while the poor constantly screwed over, no matter how much they try and retry. Oh my bad, the token supposedly, poor third-world Indian young man who becomes soooo rich by coding….
@greenheaven9784
January 8, 2024 at 7:34 pm
IF IT IS UNDER UNDER 15 MINS ==> DO NOT UPLOAD …
IF IT IS LESS THAN 20 MINS ==> MUST UPLOAD IT WITH A PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH SUBTITILE …
(just review the auto-translated please)
for example what platform does he say… can’t understand a few things sometimes, have learnt a lot in the last 10 years, so please be honourable as WERE!
@jaitanmartini1478
January 8, 2024 at 7:54 pm
Love it!
@Billythek
January 8, 2024 at 8:05 pm
hmm this is promotion
@djgreyjoy1495
January 8, 2024 at 8:06 pm
huh?
@erik_riv
January 8, 2024 at 8:25 pm
He is one of the co-founders of Replit. A quite interesting and innovative project for developers, whether you are an expert or a novice. It offers very enjoyable free tutorials to learn how to program from scratch and also others related to AI that are highly recommended.
@elkanah4562
January 8, 2024 at 8:26 pm
How can we have excess to that
@Phil-W
January 8, 2024 at 10:55 pm
I thought I was watching a TEDx pitch from another desperate failing startup.
@user-zx8qq1so7j
January 8, 2024 at 11:30 pm
I am and old man so maybe next time but anyone who could design an app that could detect deception across communication lines would be the cat’s meow and some.
Could anyone imagine a world without deception and treachery??? A level playing field for all, providing an indispensable solution for mankind’s failure at being honest with each other not to mention the cost savings in legal issues and so many other shortcomings.
Not to mention the profits, not one person would do without, instead of profiting from the despair of others, doing a lot of good for this world..
@KMF-139
January 9, 2024 at 7:37 am
Unfortunately as long as we humans have our ingenuity we will always find a way to lie, cheat and scam each other. It’s our nature
@onjofilms
January 9, 2024 at 7:39 am
It won’t happen. Evil and Good, Black and White, Ying and Yang must all exist. Without one side, you don’t have the other. And this will be our end, because as tools and practises accelerate, the bad will wipe out the good before the good has a chance to innoculate. Then it will all evaporate and start over.
@janosik150
January 8, 2024 at 11:31 pm
Every app is about selling you something. There is nothing great about AI its all about making money
@pauldannelachica2388
January 8, 2024 at 11:56 pm
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@tysonisham
January 9, 2024 at 12:12 am
RARELY do I get good impactful information from TED these days. This was a good one !
@watynecc3309
January 9, 2024 at 1:29 am
no thanks
@andy0ne310
January 9, 2024 at 2:35 am
Ted talks are just boring sales pitches these days
@jonr6680
January 9, 2024 at 3:06 am
No. Like self driving, this is such hyperbolic self-publicist drivel.
Apart from the fact that AI like chatGPT is theft. And often wrong. And incomplete. And censored.
Apart from coding being a skill that takes years to learn, far beyond just the syntax etc.
Apart from ideas needing strong interaction between humans (not AI, and never will be).
So just marketing drivel.
TED, GET A GRIP!
@Shakedown24Seven
January 9, 2024 at 3:10 am
This is exactly the sort of direction that delivers results in a hyper accelerated sphere of innovation where the masses are empowered to contribute as a whole. Simplify and Integrate 👌🏽
@ariazli4241
January 9, 2024 at 3:17 am
I started in Java, then moved to C# .Net, and self-trained in Python. l’m always a bit annoyed by the fact that Python is whitespace sensitive, which makes debugging quite laborious. I wonder why is Python becoming the driver behind of the Data Science and AI these days? Does anyone know? Many thanks ❤
@YoutubeMaus_20
January 9, 2024 at 7:29 am
It’s super easy to learn the basics and it’s sufficient enough for many ML tasks. ML devs are not and should not be software engineers, so why should they use Java or c#
@onjofilms
January 9, 2024 at 7:36 am
There is no effort put forth for Data Types. This removes a lot of debugging.
@ariazli4241
January 9, 2024 at 12:39 pm
@@YoutubeMaus_20 I liked C# MVC for data visualization. I wasn’t impressed by the presentation of Python,or perhaps I wasn’t searching enough. If I only need ML, I prefer R. If you know any Python SDK that has a good UI, please let me know. Many thanks. ❤
@Phil-W
January 10, 2024 at 3:25 pm
AI understands whitespace
@albiorixsaturn3532
January 9, 2024 at 6:06 am
Fantastic!! Thank you for this beautiful invention!
@heman248
January 9, 2024 at 7:57 am
This is just investor talk for the non technical, another bubble, history repeating itself
@japethstevens8473
January 9, 2024 at 10:55 am
All very ideal, but the semantics of building an application are unchanged, as evidenced by the screen shots at 5:26. The big difference is that you now have a co-pilot who does a lot of the design and coding. (Using AI in this way is a particular form of pair programming.) You still have to provide the high level concepts and architecture (which is not the same as the basic idea), AND you must also check the code. AI code generators tend to hallucinate and can provide incorrect syntax, non-existent function calls, and even misunderstand instructions. Non-programmers can not build these types of sophisticated solutions. Also, incorporating Google libraries into your solution is not free.
@StrangeChickandPuppo
January 9, 2024 at 9:01 pm
Seems like that’s what the human assistant is doing, that is added later into the budget.
@WesWinham
January 10, 2024 at 12:18 am
That’s today, yes. But all of these LLM-based tools are in their infancy
@fernandorivera3613
January 9, 2024 at 11:31 am
which IA companion, or helper would you guys recommend?
@riaz-ali
January 9, 2024 at 1:11 pm
don’t mind me, I’ll just be a bounty hunter, I’ll sit around watching the idea bounties roll in, search for the best ideas and steal them for myself since I can code
@Nenea2a
January 9, 2024 at 2:33 pm
AI robots are amazingly good at everything except that they can’t read or substitute voice translation from other languages on youtube videos
@PureKoor
January 9, 2024 at 2:50 pm
Anyone knowing the space knows this doesn’t sound futuristic. The question I had was: How can everyone be a creative business owner if the market is a competition? Seems like eventually you’d just end up with a monopolies or there’d be endless spam. Both eventually ending up with an AI that can do everything thus everyone would becoming customers who can’t replenish the money in their wallet. Fewer would get the American dream, cause the dream is built off of capitalism
@steffenalber7741
January 9, 2024 at 2:55 pm
This has personally been one of my favorite project ideas to work on, I’m so glad someone figured it out and got it done (so I don’t need to do it), there’s lots more work to be done. I believe the ferdiverse has great potential as a decentralized social media platform without algorithms. We need to make social platforms about communication and connection rather than consumption of content. I hope to collaborate with Replit someday.
@ariazli4241
January 9, 2024 at 3:15 pm
I’ve just created my first web app “My Calculator” using Replit, which was then deployed on my local machine; it took 20 minutes. It took me a bit time to learn how to ask good questions, but it was amazingly easy to navigate. The IQ part (algorithms) was sorted, but the EQ part (good look and feel on UI) still rely on my human power. In comparison to AppSheet and Power App, I enjoyed the flexibility Replit could offer.❤ Love it! Thank you very much!
@diyprogram
January 9, 2024 at 3:39 pm
What a boss.
@borjonx
January 9, 2024 at 3:39 pm
@6:42 “I look at it, it works, I merge it”. Your QA manager is having a heart attack right now – I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
@mrvzhao
January 9, 2024 at 7:36 pm
umm… we’re still making apps?
@Leotique
January 9, 2024 at 7:42 pm
smart guy, a visionary kid for sure
@StrangeChickandPuppo
January 9, 2024 at 9:00 pm
I’ve had an idea for an app for several years now, but don’t have the attention span to learn much less code it out; maybe it can be accomplished with this. It has potential for referral clicks to earn money, but that is not my intention for it =)
@cl2791
January 9, 2024 at 9:16 pm
Great title but really misleading to casual YouTubers thinking there’s some practical tips there.