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This is the “spell checkers cause bad spelling” fallacy. People learn by being told they are wrong. When you use copilot you are constantly being given example

• pessimizer 4y ago
  Spell checkers do cause bad spelling, though. My spelling was once excellent (literally spelling bee kid), and after years of spellcheck, it's not only a lot worse, but I also often use the wrong word because it passed spellcheck - either because the wrong word is spelled similarly to the right word, or because the right word isn't in the spellcheck dictionary so I assumed I was wrong. I don't know how you can tell me that my spelling has actually improved, and that I'm learning something from spellcheck other than not to worry about spelling things correctly because the computer will do it. edit: By the same reasoning, you could argue that people are better at remembering phone numbers now because their cellphones remind them of the numbers every time they make a call. It would be a vaguely plausible theory before cellphones were widespread, but obviously false with experience.