40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI generated and unmodified

Re:40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI gener... by worrycue on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @07:52AM (#35166813)

I guess if you use it like Google for small nuggets of information you can easily fact check, it's fine.

Although might as well just use Google directly which will send you either to Stack Overflow or Reddit where there are comments discussing the issue with back and forth fleshing it out or to a bunch of tutorial sites where you can source opinions from each site.

edit: nevermind the attempt at your puzzle, my solution doesn't work.

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Re:40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI gener... by pbronez on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @08:12AM (#35167051)

My experience has been that generative AI gives you a useful layer of abstraction above direct search. It’s like having an intern Google stuff for you, check out some promising results, and send you an email summarizing what they found. They make mistakes, but are generally ok.

You wouldn’t actually have an intern do this because the delegation takes more time than doing it yourself. With GenerativeAI, it’s snappy.

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Re:40% of the code GitHub Copilot users check-in is AI gener... by worrycue on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @08:38AM (#35167325)

Adds another thing that can go wrong though. It doesn't cite its sources either, does it? I have seen people ask it to explain but it's explanation can be wrong too ...

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