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Where do you get that 50% number? Do you mean 50% of all new code in the industry? That seems beyond extremely unlikely.
by smashface 3y ago
Where do you get that 50% number? Do you mean 50% of all new code in the industry? That seems beyond extremely unlikely.
- fnordpiglet 3y ago(I read it as 50% of their code)
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- moyix 3y agoThe number is 40%, and it's 40% of code written by Copilot users. It's also just for Python: > In files where it’s enabled, nearly 40% of code is being written by GitHub Copilot in popular coding languages, like Python—and we expect that to increase. https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/ https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-a...
- iudqnolq 3y agoI wonder if this properly counts cases where copilot writes a bunch of code and then I delete it all and rewrite it manually.
- moyix 3y agoFrom what I remember they check in at a few intervals after the suggestion is made and use string matching to check how much of the Copilot-written code remains.
- Nifty3929 3y agoIt's all about the denominator!
- jvanderbot 3y agoThere was some discussion by the copilot team that x% of new code in enabled IDEs was generated by copilot. It varies, but here's one post with x=46 from last month. So, very close to half. https://github.blog/2023-02-14-github-copilot-for-business-is-now-available/ https://github.blog/2023-02-14-github-copilot-for-business-i...
- 2devnull 3y agoMeasuring output by LOC is not a very useful metric. The sort of code that’s most suited to ai is closer to data than code.