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Re:GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free So... by nix23 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:49AM (#28047311)
>Humans need not program

But how do you tell the machine what your problem is? It's just another abstraction, a bit like manual milling vs CAM.

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Re:GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free So... by cblconfederate on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:07AM (#28047421)
The machine decides your problem for you
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Re:GitHub Copilot is ‘unacceptable and unjust,’ says Free So... by nix23 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @06:34AM (#28047586)
Ah yeah the famous "Facebook Factor" ;)
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