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overzealous_dentist t1_j14c05h wrote

Reply to comment by Wings1412 in Study finds AI assistants help developers produce code that's more likely to be buggy / Computer scientists from Stanford University have found that programmers who accept help from AI tools like Github Copilot produce less secure code than those who fly solo. by Sorin61

It does that too. It also generates thorough tests. It's truly revolutionary and will take over the industry, the gains are just way too high. You just have to be able to review and correct what it outputs, like a senior dev reviewing a PR.

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MulticolorZebra t1_j15b0dw wrote

Does it really write documentation and tests? I had no idea

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mormigil t1_j15bz5e wrote

Yes you can ask it to explain sections of code or write tests for certain functions. I'd think of it as really good as solving coding busy work. If the answer is relatively obvious but tedious to do then chatgpt fits perfectly.

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