The Digital Press

Microsoft's GitHub Copilot, an AI code assistant, is reportedly struggling to provide useful code review suggestions, especially for critical projects like the dotnet runtime. Developers find its contributions often incorrect, requiring extensive human oversight and causing frustration.

Why it matters: Faulty AI suggestions in critical codebases risk software stability and increase developers' workload instead of reducing it.

The big picture: Current AI lacks reasoning and debugging capabilities, limiting its usefulness in complex or safety-critical software development.

The stakes: Reliance on poor AI-generated code reviews may lead to buggy releases and damage trust in automated tools.

Commenters say: Users express frustration with Copilot’s frequent errors, likening it to an inattentive junior developer, and warn about the risks of blindly trusting AI code contributions.