The problem with features like this and copilot is that the hard parts of software (including spreadsheets) is not writing code, but maintaining it and evolving

The problem with features like this and copilot is that the hard parts of software (including spreadsheets) is not writing code, but maintaining it and evolving it. Perhaps these technologies could be turned to those ends, or we could develop better tooling to coerce code-generation to meet our expectations (writing tests or types for copilot to obey, for instance). Without these reassurances, which seem hard to do within spreadsheets, I struggle to see these tools as a net positive. The best “writing code with a computer as a partner” experience I have had so far is with Idris, which uses no ML. Despite this, this is very cool work, and I may feel differently after using it for some time.