I think the Julia community should actively encourage the use of GitHub Copilot to strengthen Julia, especially programmers from other languages. Copilot can shorten the learning curve of the language and speed up development in Julia. Currently, Copilot is free for users with an .edu email as wel…

[image] NickW3101: as maintainers of open-source projects Well, this is not exactly true. It is free only for maintainers of POPULAR open source projects, and it is not so clear to me how this is defined…

[image] NickW3101: Copilot can shorten the learning curve of the language and speed up development in Julia. Currently, Copilot is free for users with an .edu email as well as maintainers of open-source projects. Those two demographics have the strongest influence on Julia’s ongoing success. .…

Good point. My last point about the community creating its own open source Julia focused co-pilot would be best but that could take a year. Utilizing co-pilot to help keep Julia’s growth rate up is a temporary solution.

[image] baggepinnen: .edu is not a thing in many other countries than US as far as I’m aware. Turns out a .edu email isn’t what they use for verification. [image] Apply to GitHub Global Campus as a student - GitHub Docs As a student, you can apply to join GitHub Global Campus and…

The links that you posted are dead. :frowning:

I would strongly advise against using Copilot. The reason has been stated very cogently here: [image] [sharing tools/experiences] github copilot can be a nice addition VS Code My advice: Keep your hands off GitHub Copilot. https://drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Copilot-GPL-w…

[image] PetrKryslUCSD: I would strongly advise against using Copilot. The reason has been stated very cogently here: IMO “resistance is futile.” The new Bloom open source ai model could be good for prototyping a free solution.

Many people who resisted evil were told the same.

Yeah, you’re right. We should probably focus on solutions similar to the Polycoder ai model

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I would strongly advise against using Copilot.
The reason has been stated very cogently here:

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