A Survey Assessing Github Copilot

Machine learning can make impressive predictions while raising equally important questions. We are joined by Jenny Liang, a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, where she studies the usability of code generation tools. She discusses her recent survey on the usability of AI programming assistants.

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Jenny Liang: Jenny Liang is a second year Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University advised by Dr. Brad A. Myers. Jenny is broadly interested in research at the intersections of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and natural language processing. She's currently studying methods to improve developers' interactions with code generation tools.