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That’s a flawed analogy, a power saw never suggests a cutting pattern while the very essence of what copilot/AI etc does is suggest coding patterns. Which may or may not be vetted.

Typing manually vs auto-complete is a correct handsaw/power saw analogy.

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Saws certainly can project a laser beam across the cutting surface, and don't get me started about AI powered CNC cuts. I mean, just the other day I found the words "WHY ARE YOU IGNORING ME?" CNC'd onto a piece of plywood I left in my shop. I didn't do that by hand.

In my experience copilot behaves more like a power tool than what you are suggesting. I know the cut that needs to be made, and copilot makes the cut faster than it would have taken me to make the cut myself via RTFM/google/stackoverflow.

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