I think you've nailed why copilot is so exciting, so irresponsible, yet so not novel. The other comment in this thread who compares it to tab complete gets it t

I think you've nailed why copilot is so exciting, so irresponsible, yet so not novel. The other comment in this thread who compares it to tab complete gets it too — tab complete is a dialogue as well, as is every "utterance" in the feedback loop between you and your computer. The first half of this essay I wrote last year also develops the dialogic nature of computing, using some of the ideas from Soviet philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin: https://blog.jse.li/posts/software/ https://blog.jse.li/posts/software/