having been forced to use GitHub Copilot a little today: I get it but I don't like it

like I see how this could be helpful to someone who is under a lot of pressure and trying to use something new to them or modify a system they don't have a lot of experience with

but as long as I have the option I would rather not rely on it because I don't feel that I learned anything at all except about Copilot itself. it's like cognitive vendor lock-in

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@akjcv is it helpful to them or just helpful to their employer

@Lady the employer applies coercion to employees to align their incentives in some ways and cases. "performing job duties to a level acceptable to the employer" is one such case

@akjcv right but the employer can only coerce employees to do things which it is possible for employees to do, so increasing the range of possibility also increases the range of coercion

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