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Based on the code that CoPilot has produced for me, I can 100% see that happening, and rather a lot. So far, the code it produces looks really good at first gl
by wccrawford 3y ago
Based on the code that CoPilot has produced for me, I can 100% see that happening, and rather a lot.
So far, the code it produces looks really good at first glance, but once I really dig into what it's doing, I find numerous problems. I have to really think about that code to overcome the things it does wrong.
I think many doctors are used to doing that already, since they have to correct their interns/assistants/etc when they come up with things that sound good, but ultimately aren't. But it's definitely something that they'll fail at sometimes.
- stouset 3y agoThis is what I really worry about in programming contexts. The norm is already for a distressing proportion of engineers to barely (if even that) understand code they’re working on, even when they’re the only author. In that situation it’s extremely easy to just blindly trust an “expert” third party, particularly one where you can’t ask it questions about how and why.
- userbinator 3y agoThey don't even deserve to be called "engineers". They're just guess-and-test amateurs.