I agree the behavior is similar between copilot and copy/pasting the most popular solution from stackoverflow. However, you seem to be making the argument that

I agree the behavior is similar between copilot and copy/pasting the most popular solution from stackoverflow. However, you seem to be making the argument that is good behavior. I say it is not. The time saved by automating the googling/copying/pasting is miniscule compared to actually understanding the context in which the code is suited and ill suited. That is the developer's work, and it isn't fed by only the code. Developing ain't typing. It's solving problems. Most of the time the problem isn't in code. Even when it is in code, there's nuance in how to best solve it that isn't. The idea that AI is useful in understanding the real world context of the problem better than the human (who has the whole context, in code and outside of it) is naive, or disingenuous.