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Using GitHub CoPilot is Like Having a Superpower

With the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) and tools like GitHub CoPilot, I think we’re a step closer towards a world where software can be created by anyone. In fact, my colleague Brad Myers, who has investigated end-user programming for decades, believes that CoPilot is the biggest change to programming since Google search. I think this may be understating things. We’re going to see a wave of new kinds of software programming tools based on LLMs, and they will be transformative in how developers build and evaluate computer systems.  

The ChatAlgebra Educational Revolution

We need a ChatAlgebra revolution to reduce the gatekeeping role of the traditional Algebra course, to ameliorate the student suffering associated with the traditional mathematical sequence, to overcome inequitable results, and to free up the curricular space devoted to Algebra for the things students now need to learn. Using the newly free time, we could enable a more diverse body of students to become engaged and proficient in computer science and data science skills. 

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