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HN is pretty pro-Copilot in most threads I've seen. Honestly I think I have seen this comment -- "you programmers sure like generative models when it impacts ot
by capitalsigma 4y ago
HN is pretty pro-Copilot in most threads I've seen. Honestly I think I have seen this comment -- "you programmers sure like generative models when it impacts other industries but you get awfully defensive when it comes to your own!" -- much more often than I have seen anyone actually push back against Copilot.
Frankly I think it's projection from non-SWEs who don't understand that automating your work away is the core mission of software development. There are good reasons to worry about how Copilot might impact the quality of software, especially if it's being used by someone who doesn't understand the generated code, but "what about my job safety??" is nowhere on the list.
- colesantiago 4y agoDon't think you looked hard enough, there was a massive thread on an article against GitHub Copilot around 15 days ago [0] [1]. [0] https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/ https://githubcopilotinvestigation.com/ [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33226515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33226515
- cthalupa 4y agoMost of the comments I see are taking issue with exact replication of code - this is obviously copyright infringement. The same thing can occur with Stable Diffusion - if I output an image of Iron Man, this is also copyright infringement. Both are bad. Realizing this does not mean that you must inherently be against Co-Pilot or Stable Diffusion. It would be just as bad if I copied the code with a ctrl+c ctrl+v, or drew Iron Man with a pen and pencil. There are of course some people in there against the very idea of Co-Pilot, but from my quick skimming they do appear to be the minority.
- BeFlatXIII 4y agoIt's almost as if different people have differing opinions.