> Compare this to copy pasting solutions from stackoverflow. Atleast there you get a pretty good idea of the pros and cons of a solution.
I don't think I understand why this should be true.
I don't think I understand why this should be true.
- get multiple answers
- comments on the answers
- up/down votes
- explanations along side of the answer
and I still would argue you should never copy from stack overflow!! Instead understand why the answer is correct and then write your code based on that understanding, even if it produces the exact same code in the end.
a) I'm familiar enough with the code/topic that I'm able to judge whether the suggestion is good, or
b) I'm not able to judge, and need to consult other sources.
In case a, I could have just written the code myself. In case b, I still need to read up, so the potential gain is that Copilot gave me a hint as to what I should search for. But even that hint can't be trusted - there was another comment where Copilot suggested to use MySQLi in PHP, which has been the wrong choice for a long time.
So if the suggestions need scrutinization, the target group I see is people who need to write a lot of code in a familiar area, and are limited by the speed at which they type. This is arguably a very small set of people, and is unlikely to be the main user group of this tool.