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>It kills me that people can't seem to comprehend this. because it's not a good comparison. Code is not language because language need not be syntactically cor
by Barrin92 4y ago
>It kills me that people can't seem to comprehend this.
because it's not a good comparison. Code is not language because language need not be syntactically correct, and people generally can infer correct semantics even from badly mangled communication.
These automated coding solutions generate syntactical and semantic errors that another machine will not understand, and even more importantly, it generates kinds of errors that people are not accustomed to.
Copilot is more like an automated car that goes off into random directions in ways that even human drivers would not, and you never know when. And when humans have to interact with black boxes whose behavior they cannot anticipate, small errors are not merely small errors, they create significant tension and uncertainty that requires almost constant attention.