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Andrew Mayne
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Andrew Mayne writes @AndrewMayne, a personal blog at andrewmayneblog.wordpress.com about ai and writing. Since 2020, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “ChatGPT and Code Interpreter = Magic”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Andrew Mayne's blog for practical write-ups on AI tools, such as a guide to ChatGPT's code interpreter plug-in and a how-to for generating video subtitles with OpenWhisper.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and creativity.
Most-linked posts?
- ChatGPT and Code Interpreter = Magic4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-03-24
What Hacker News says?
> I would be interested to see what GPT-3 could come up with if explicity tasked to do this type of re-phrasing. First, this is definitely not GPT-3, see my other comment. However, as one would expect, GPT-3 is capable of all sorts of fascinating 'rewriting' tasks. GPT-2 could do summarization via 'tldr' but GPT-3 can so so much more! I enjoyed "overcomplicated explanations" ( https://www.gwern.net/GPT-3-nonfiction#…
Comment linking /2020/07/08/openai-api-alchemy-turn-a-script-into-a-novel-and-vice-versa/
on “AI-Generated Garbage Is Beginning to Pollute Scientific Literature”Submitted Building games through natural language using OpenAI’s code-DaVinci model as a story · 205 points
HN discussionThey used ChatGPT’s code interpreter plug-in. Here’s a good write up about that plug-in and an overview of a lot of the things you can do: https://andrewmayneblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/23/chatgpt-cod... If you don’t have access to plug-ins yet, you could do it yourself by using the GPT api, writing a prompt that tells GPT they are interacting with a terminal and to only output terminal commands, then pass the output…
Comment linking /2023/03/23/chatgpt-code-interpreter-magic/
on “Big tech and the pursuit of AI dominance”Submitted OpenAI API Primer on Smart Formatting and Code Generation as a story · 9 points
HN discussionAn opportunity to contribute and make cool topics more accessible? https://opensecuritytraining.info/Donate%20Time.html > If you see something and think "I could help make that look better", then we'd love to get your help with that. Contact us at design@ost2.fyi OpenWhisper can generate subtitles for videos, https://andrewmayneblog.wordpress.com/2022/10/16/the-easy-gu...
Comment linking /2022/10/16/the-easy-guide-to-using-openais-whisper-model-to-transcribe-video-and-audio/
on “Architecture 4031: Introductory Coreboot”Submitted How to get GPT-4 to play Wordle (and other prompt tricks) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The best kept secret about OpenAI’s GPT-3 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open AI Alchemy: Emoji Storytelling as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT and Code Interpreter = Magic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT and Code Interpreter = Magic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted ChatGPT + Code Interpreter = Magic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Collaborative Creative Writing with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Crystalline and fluid intelligence in large language models as a story · 1 points
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