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by islon 1548 days ago
> For example I can't draw faces but I can recognize a badly drawn face. If I ask an AI: Please draw me a 35 year old man with receding hair and crooked teeth I can quickly validate the result is fit for purpose.

But code is not a face: you can't easily judge if it's correct or not, if you could you wouldn't need copilot in the first place, so now you have to trust it's correct and, if it isn't, you need to search for the correct answer anyway.
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flaviut 1548 days ago
They provided an example situation right under "For example a scenario may be:".

Their experience matches mine in my use of copilot.

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croon 1548 days ago
Verifying is inherently both easier and less energy intensive than producing.

I can critique a great book I couldn't write. I can marvel at John Carmack's early iD code without having been able to come up with it. I can be immensely impressed by what golfers produce for a mundane problem.

I'm not saying this is what copilot produces, but the concept could absolutely be useful, in theory.

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