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Re:GitHub Copilot by veverkap on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @05:23PM (#27681904)
> As presented, this tool streamlines copy-pasting random snippets.

It synthesizes new code based on a corpus of existing code.

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Re:GitHub Copilot by TeMPOraL on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @06:35PM (#27682640)
Yes. Given how it does it, this makes it even more dangerous than if it was just trying to find a matching preexisting snippet.
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