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I think you're missing the point: this is starting to open the door to people who can't code.

I think the point is if you cannot/do not know how to code you cannot confirm what co-pilot is doing. Especially when it comes to complex topics like drawing context from natural online language using machine learning.

That's where testing comes in, no?

Entering the programming field then becomes an iterative loop of you instructing an AI to generate code, generate tests and iterate / re-adjust until it does what you want.

"You" as in the next generations of programmers in a decade or two.

I adore copilot and use it daily, but I'm pretty sure if I had always depended on it, I wouldn't be able to properly parse correct from incorrect programs.

It's a really really cool tool and a lot of these comments are just shallow dismissals from people who haven't actually used it and like to be reactionary on the internet because that's the world we live in apparently. But I think it works best when it's used by people with experience.

Hopefully future models with higher accuracy and research in grounding can get us to that point however.

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