Re:NetBSD bans all commits of AI-generated code
by Arch485 on Thursday May 16, 2024 @01:43AM
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If Copilot significantly increases your productivity, you're either:
- statistically, a below average programmer, or
- a really, really, slow typer.
Writing code is the easy part. Copilot, and transformers in general, are only able to generate "statistically average ish" output. A statistically average ish coder is also pretty bad at coding (this stands to reason, or else programmers wouldn't complain about how bad every other programmer's code is). So if Copilot makes you more productive, that's a bit of a red flag.
If, on the other hand, you're a really slow typer, then unfortunately you're out of luck, because nobody has figured out a superior input method to pressing buttons. I think in this case, Copilot is an OK solution, but you'll find yourself correcting most of the code it writes anyways.
- statistically, a below average programmer, or - a really, really, slow typer.
Writing code is the easy part. Copilot, and transformers in general, are only able to generate "statistically average ish" output. A statistically average ish coder is also pretty bad at coding (this stands to reason, or else programmers wouldn't complain about how bad every other programmer's code is). So if Copilot makes you more productive, that's a bit of a red flag.
If, on the other hand, you're a really slow typer, then unfortunately you're out of luck, because nobody has figured out a superior input method to pressing buttons. I think in this case, Copilot is an OK solution, but you'll find yourself correcting most of the code it writes anyways.