This same issue existed with Stack Overflow, but AI further lowers the barrier to be dangerous by throwing a brick on the gas pedal.
I’ve also found it makes otherwise knowledgeable and experienced people think they can do stuff without learning it. I’ve had several people on my team tell me they think Copilot will help them get up to speed and help out with some of the stuff I’m working on. So far none of them have done anything and I’m not sure how Copilot explaining a block of code is going to do anything for them. It’s already a very easy syntax to read, and they all already have coding experience in other languages. It’s a tool to let them think helping will be easy, so they volunteer, then do nothing because it isn’t the reality of the situation.
I’ve also found it makes otherwise knowledgeable and experienced people think they can do stuff without learning it. I’ve had several people on my team tell me they think Copilot will help them get up to speed and help out with some of the stuff I’m working on. So far none of them have done anything and I’m not sure how Copilot explaining a block of code is going to do anything for them. It’s already a very easy syntax to read, and they all already have coding experience in other languages. It’s a tool to let them think helping will be easy, so they volunteer, then do nothing because it isn’t the reality of the situation.