The Copilot delusion

And the “copilot” branding. A real copilot? That’s a peer. That’s a certified operator who can fly the bird if you pass out from bad taco bell. They train. They practice. They review checklists with you. GitHub Copilot is more like some guy who played Arma 3 for 200 hours and thinks he can land a 747. He read the manual once. In Mandarin. Backwards. And now he’s shouting over your shoulder, “Let me code that bit real quick, I saw it in a Slashdot comment!”

At that point, you’re not working with a copilot. You’re playing Russian roulette with a loaded dependency graph.

You want to be a real programmer? Use your head. Respect the machine. Or get out of the cockpit.
↫ Jj at Blogmobly

The world has no clue yet that we’re about to enter a period of incredible decline in software quality. “AI” is going to do more damage to this industry than ten Electron frameworks and 100 managers combined.