Was dead wrong about AI coding assistants until last week

I always figured those AI coding tools would just pump out garbage code, but then I had to fix a messy Python script at work and Copilot rewrote the whole thing clean in 90 seconds. Has anyone else had a tool flip your opinion that fast?

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wyattrobinson11d ago

HOLD UP - 90 seconds?! That's NUTS. I've been avoiding those tools thinking they'd spit out some garbage too but that's honestly impressive if it rewrote a whole messy script that fast.

williamhill23d ago

Yeah Copilot's solid but it's not really rewriting anything, it's just auto-completing your code fast.

derekward23d ago

Used to think Copilot was doing more heavy lifting but @williamhill's take actually makes a lot of sense... it's really just fancy autocomplete when you break it down.