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1. Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 18:15:08 JST Jenniferplusplus

   I can't stop thinking about the fawning copilot demo from a very senior engineer I saw earlier today. It starts out like "this interface changed and I need to update the usages"

   *prompt*
   Look at that it's exactly right
   *prompt*
   *fix the imports*
   Yes, that's exactly the implementation I already did in a different place
   *prompt*
   *correct the snippet*
   It's just amazing how productive this is

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   • Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 18:15:47 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     The dude literally could not see that it was basically fortune telling, but for rust. It was all him. He did it first, and then copilot copied him, badly. He did it with his literal decades of experience, which is so extensive that he can just idly correct entirely wrong code without even fully realizing he did it.

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   • Jenniferplusplus (jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 18:16:15 JST Jenniferplusplus

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     These text synthesizers just give you an empty container to pour your expectations into. It only works if you already know the answer. And if you're ready to take over when it's not even a useful container.

     But if you didn't already know it was right, then you also wouldn't know it was wrong. There's so many extremely experienced people out here who have forgotten that it's even possible not to know these answers, misleading the people they're supposed to be teaching.

     I hate this.