The Dystopian Truth About Github Copilot (Programmers Need Not Apply)

This week the arrival of Github Copilot has caught the eyes of the software developer community by its rather impressive functioning although still imperfect, but was the community concerned as it should? Meet GitHub Copilot - your AI pair programmer. https://t.co/eWPueAXTFt pic.twitter.com/NPua5K2vFS — GitHub (@github) June 29, 2021 OpenAI and GitHub have announced the technical preview of an AI that promises to be your new pair programmer. Copilot works as an extension to IDEs, so far compatible with VSCode, similar to IA-powered code completion tools like Tabnine, however with fundamental differences.