The Thievery of GitHub Copilot

<p>benefits of its thievery from the programmer&rsquo;s perspective: 74% say they focus on more satisfying tasks, 88% feel more productive and 96% are faster with repetitive tasks. There&rsquo;s no third-party independent vetting of this &ldquo;research&rdquo; so imho, it&rsquo;s a public relations blitz. When you dig deeper on their evaluation, the GitHub Copilot adoption is alarming &mdash; &ldquo;users accepted on average 26% of all completions shown by GitHub Copilot. We also found that on average more than 27% of developers&rsquo; code files were generated by GitHub Copilot, and in certain languages like Python that goes up to 40%.&rdquo;</p> <p>So let&rsquo;s translate this more concretely: at least 1 in 4 pieces of code is stolen, of those who use GitHub Copilot. Therefore, the code they&rsquo;re now creating is mediocre and equates to solid C letter grade (not grade A work), if the code was done entirely by the&hellip;</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@brandeismarshall/the-thievery-of-github-copilot-d2114c49be65"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
Tags: GitHub Copilot