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Microsoft says Copilot will 'finish your code before you finish your coffee' adding fuel to the Windows 11 AI controversy that's still raging (www.techradar.com)
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[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 52 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Copilot keeps finishing my code for me in near real time... it completely disrupts my train of thought and my productivity dropped tremendously. I finally disabled it.

I LIKE writing code, stop trying to take the stuff away that I WANT to do and instead take away the stuff I HATE doing.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What I don't want AI to do:

  • write code for me
  • write fixes for me

What I want it to do:

  • find bugs and tell me about them (but still don't fix them)
[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

They do have ones that will review your prs. That's pretty neat

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just wrote a blog post comment about how I enjoy using Copilot. But that's when I explicitly ask it a question or give it a task. The auto complete is wrong more often than it's right.

Probably doesn't help that if it was tedious, boilerplate code I would have already explicitly asked it.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like auto complete because I'm a terrible speller I'd write "int countOfCommplixThang", but auto complete guesses "int countComplexThing" Sometimes it even comes up with a better name than I would

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That old autocomplete is great. It's specifically the AI autocomplete that's less useful.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago

The AI is doing it though. I type "in [tab]" and I get the whole line. Sometimes I don't even have to type anything.

I've never been able to get an AI promt to write useful code though.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I wish I could get it to stop finishing comments for me. It’s like some jackass is trying to complete my sentence for me but gets it completely wrong every time and it breaks my train of thought.