Because I find it actually useful on doing things now.
Either way though, Copilot is certainly a product of the 'current AI wave' that is being compared to crypto scams above.
At home, a carpenter working at my house said that he is using ChatGPT to overcome problems associated with his dyslexia (e.g. when writing descriptions of the services his company offers). I hadn't even considered that use case.
I also find it useful for pasting code and asking, "Do you have any ideas for improvements?"