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by dgb23 1456 days ago
I read a lot of open source code and might subconsciously absorb techniques and patterns that are common. When I write code I might be influenced by what I read, not line per line, but rather generally.

Is it like that?

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Kinda, but I think you are imagining something bigger than it is. At least in my experience, it works well for simple stuff like "iterate over x and extract y" or similar queries that I imagine are well represented in its training data. When you get to very specific functions, its answer will be less reliable and more likely to be a wonky rehash of the few examples it has for that case.