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   tante (tante@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:47:19 JST tante

   Study finds that Github Copilot lowers code quality and maintainability:

   "We find disconcerting trends for maintainability. Code churn -- the percentage of lines that are reverted or updated less than two weeks after being authored -- is projected to double in 2024 compared to its 2021, pre-AI baseline. We further find that the percentage of 'added code' and 'copy/pasted code' is increasing in proportion to 'updated,' 'deleted,' and 'moved 'code. In this regard, AI-generated code resembles an itinerant contributor, prone to violate the DRY-ness [don't repeat yourself] of the repos visited."
   
   The paper concludes: "How will Copilot transform what it means to be a developer? There's no question that, as AI has surged in popularity, we have entered an era where code lines are being added faster than ever before. The better question for 2024: who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?"

   https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx

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     danjac (danjac@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:47:18 JST danjac

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     @tante "who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?"

     If there is any justice, the legions of laid off developers getting lucrative consulting gigs.

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     mmby (mmby@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Feb-2024 22:47:23 JST mmby

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     • danjac

     @danjac @tante I fear it will be equally 'solutionized' with varying results

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