> When we introduced GitHub Copilot back in 2021, we had a clear goal: to make developers’ lives easier with an AI pair programmer that helps them write better code. The name reflects our belief that artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t replacing the developer.
Later:
> GitHub Copilot’s new agent mode is capable of iterating on its own code, recognizing errors, and fixing them automatically.
Is this Microsoft/GitHub acknowledging they initially missed the mark, except they aren't really clear in the post that they're abandoning the approach of "AI pair programmer / not replacing the developer"? Seems really strange to re-iterate their "clear goal" and then in the next paragraph go directly against their goal? Are they maybe afraid of a potential backslash if it became more clear that they're now looking to replace (some) developers / the boring parts of development?
I have no opinions either way, but the messaging of the post seems to go into all different directions, which seems strange.
Later:
> GitHub Copilot’s new agent mode is capable of iterating on its own code, recognizing errors, and fixing them automatically.
Is this Microsoft/GitHub acknowledging they initially missed the mark, except they aren't really clear in the post that they're abandoning the approach of "AI pair programmer / not replacing the developer"? Seems really strange to re-iterate their "clear goal" and then in the next paragraph go directly against their goal? Are they maybe afraid of a potential backslash if it became more clear that they're now looking to replace (some) developers / the boring parts of development?
I have no opinions either way, but the messaging of the post seems to go into all different directions, which seems strange.