I signed up for the preview but then I read a bunch of articles on questionable choices from GitHub when they built copilot - such as including GPL code as a source for learning - and decided to skip on it when I got an invite.
See this article:
Furthermore this goes over how easy it is to prompt copilot to generate subtly buggy code, which arguably is one of the worst possible things with a tool like copilot.
If I’m forced to scrutinize every piece of code copilot generates for me, is it really helpful?
No, copilot or tools like it will become a tool in our toolbelt down the road, but just like a hammer is no good for a screw so copilot is no good beyond generating simplistic boilerplate.
