Article - The copilots that Microsoft has created are undeniably impressive, and I believe that they represent the sort of technological change that only comes along once in a generation.

Many have expressed concern about Copilot putting people out of work or causing other economic harm. While such fears may ultimately prove to be warranted, I believe that there is another potential problem associated with using Copilot that nobody is talking about yet. This is the problem of overreliance.

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Practical Issues Around the Implementation of Microsoft 365 Copilot

    • @[email protected]English
      1•11 months ago

      I like pointing out compilers exist, and there is a chapter in “The Pragmatic Programmer” about creating scripts to auto generate code.

        • R0cket_M00seEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          When will these people understand that QA will always be involved?

          “AI can make mistakes!”

          Yeah no shit, that’s why you CHECK IT.

  • @set_secretEnglish
    -1•11 months ago

    copilot is just horrendously bad. it actually makes me less productive. Microsoft’s innate ability to completly fuck up AI is honestly remarkable.

    • @PerrobocEnglish
      2•11 months ago

      Any alternatives you might recommend?

      • @set_secretEnglish
        0•11 months ago

        I find perplexity is pretty good