Natural Language Processing Models That Automate Programming Will Transform Chemistry Research and Teaching

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Natural language processing models have emerged that can generate usable software and automate a number of programming tasks with high fidelity.

• These tools have yet to have an impact on the chemistry community.
• Yet, our initial testing demonstrates that this form of Artificial Intelligence is poised to transform chemistry and chemical engineering research.
• Here, we review developments that brought us to this point, examine applications in chemistry, and give our perspective on how this may fundamentally alter research and teaching.