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Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by tilwidnk on Sunday January 28, 2024 @05:15PM (#39170357)
It's "a public API", not "an public API", because of the consonant rule.

I really worry that there are people out there who will anxiously mangle their company's data thinking what is being called AI, which doesn't exist yet, will save the day.

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Re:New GitHub Copilot research finds 'downward pressure on c... by l5870uoo9y on Sunday January 28, 2024 @06:01PM (#39170772)
Use it as a tool not a replacement. However it does do things well even without much additional information like fixing SQL statement[1]. That being said it is consistently improving, GPT-3.5 to GPT-4 was a major upgrade.

[1]: https://www.sqlai.ai/snippets/clroq0qn9001xqzqeidtm4jgx

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