ChatGPT Code Interpreter for Product Designers

OpenAI announced a new alpha feature for ChatGPT Plus subscribers named Code Interpreter on June 6th. This tool is primarily designed to assist programmers by running Python code, but its potential applications extend far beyond that, accommodating a wide variety of tasks from customizable data visualization to data-driven tasks. The complete potential of this innovation is still under investigation, but as a designer, I am more than thrilled about its possibilities.

Being an early adopter of the Code Interpreter tool, I have already identified a practical application for Product Designers. A Python script can process an image to extract the primary colors, transform them into hex codes, and subsequently generate analogous, triadic, and complementary color schemes. Moreover, it can utilize this information to construct a style guide page rather than just a textual output.

Similar to ChatGPT, Code Interpreter uses natural language processing to perform commands. Because of this, there are no guardrails, so it may take a few tries to correctly produce the desired results. Something I did find fascinating was Code Interpreter's ability to check its own work and try again if it failed.

Check out the video below to witness this fascinating process in action. In total, it took Code Interpreter roughly 5 minutes to perform all of the given tasks, but I cut the video to 30 seconds for convenience. Stay connected as I continue to unearth more potential uses.