AI is my copilot: The promise, and perils, of AI code generation
Our role as software engineers is on the cusp of a fundamental transformation, driven by now widely available large language models (LLMs), deployed as generative AI. (I’ll avoid for now the question of whether this is actually artificial intelligence, but there’s no question these LLMs have some impressive capabilities.) As I write this, ChatGPT is the dominant name in this game, but alternatives such as Google Bard are quickly gaining ground.