No
It eventually gave a correct answer, but it was the long annoying option I was trying to avoid, so it didn’t change my end result
al_borland on Hacker News
In the thread “AI copilots are changing how coding is taught”, replying to this comment
Helped: Provided confirmation that no obvious better way existed.
Got in the way: Required very specific prompts and produced long annoying options.
… I then had to get very, very specific about what I wanted. It eventually gave a correct answer, but it was the long annoying option I was trying to avoid, so it didn’t change my end result, and I don’t even think it saved me any typing due to all the prompts to get there. It just gave me some level of confirmation that there wasn’t an obvious better way that I’d be able to find quickly.