Programming is already conversational. I'm telling a computer what I want, it does it, I see what it does, and elaborate or correct myself where necessary. Repeat endless times, until product exists.
That's kinda the case with Copilot, or I'd just type:
// Unify relativity with quantum mechanics.
I'm trying to say Copilot is not a fundamental shift to programming. It's what programming already is, and we already have IDEs assisting us with refactoring and second-guessing our intent with autocomplete (which in some IDEs is powered by AI now, as well).
Programming is like working in a team. You try to communicate with your teammates, and then everyone does what they can according to their skills, and how they understood the task.
The shift to higher-level communication in programming is inevitable, will it look like Copilot, I don't know.
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Programming is already conversational. I'm telling a computer what I want, it does it, I see what it does, and elaborate or correct myself where necessary. Repeat endless times, until product exists.
More like, computers do what you tell them to do, and not what you want them to do, don't recall who's quote it is.
That's kinda the case with Copilot, or I'd just type:
I'm trying to say Copilot is not a fundamental shift to programming. It's what programming already is, and we already have IDEs assisting us with refactoring and second-guessing our intent with autocomplete (which in some IDEs is powered by AI now, as well).Programming is like working in a team. You try to communicate with your teammates, and then everyone does what they can according to their skills, and how they understood the task.
The shift to higher-level communication in programming is inevitable, will it look like Copilot, I don't know.