Source: thenewstack.io
GitHub Copilot: A Powerful, Controversial Autocomplete for DevelopersCategory: Software, Microsoft, github, artificial-intelligence
I’ve been covering this application development space for a long time and have seen a lot of breakthroughs. Some catch my eye more than others, and GitHub’s Copilot is one of those eyecatchers.
Indeed, Rauch, who also is founder of Vercel and creator of Next.js, cited in a tweet a statement from the Copilot tech preview FAQ page, “GitHub Copilot is a code synthesizer, not a search engine: the vast majority of the code that it suggests is uniquely generated and has never been seen before.”
Rauch’s post is relevant in that one of the knocks against Copilot is that some folks seem to be concerned that it will generate code that is identical to code that has been generated under open source licenses that don’t allow derivative works, but which will then be used by a developer unknowingly.
In my opinion, the most interesting thing about Copilot is that it typically generates original code — that is, code that is not represented verbatim in the training data,” he said.
Indeed, Rauch, who also is founder of Vercel and creator of Next.js, cited in a tweet a statement from the Copilot tech preview FAQ page, “GitHub Copilot is a code synthesizer, not a search engine: the vast majority of the code that it suggests is uniquely generated and has never been seen before.”
Rauch’s post is relevant in that one of the knocks against Copilot is that some folks seem to be concerned that it will generate code that is identical to code that has been generated under open source licenses that don’t allow derivative works, but which will then be used by a developer unknowingly.
In my opinion, the most interesting thing about Copilot is that it typically generates original code — that is, code that is not represented verbatim in the training data,” he said.
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