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Feedback on GitHub Copilot Chat UX in Visual Studio Code.
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Copilot has no memory of the current conversation thread or the coding environment #1312

Open ericbarns opened 1 week ago

ericbarns commented 1 week ago

Ai in general but specifically for copilot within coding environment, where it is assumed the context is clear, with a focus on coding within vcode. It reviews HTML / JS script in a tab, then makes a coding recommendation for node.js, when clearly its a browser based solution that is required. Switch to Python, it recommends a solution that requires a simple plugin, which cant be found or installed after following all the many instructions and is unable to accurately resolve the errors thrown up by vcode as to why the install wont work. All of the above generates a huge waste of time for all concern and deep frustration, especially when copilot keeps repeating the same solution over and over again, without doing a very simple non Ai look up in the current conversation thread. This is a real problem, because it fundamentally display a lack of any intelligence, a 'does not compute' response was clearer and honest, way back (it generally told us, it was unable to find a solution), but co-pilot repeating like a parrot, tries to mask iy lack of intelligence. Constant apologise, saying i will learn, then to do the same thing again several minutes later (which must be an eternity for cloud based AI). Weren't expert system in 90's more intuit about their domain knowledge? Don't get me wrong, its ability to understand, language on structural level and infer meaning is very smart, and to review lines of code searching for errors and suggest better code, is nice if it works, but if that is all, but in general does not understand the code, so cant provide relevant solutions in context of narrow defined domain (browser solution), then its just a clever code specific search engine! This does not warrant a fee for, as this very same facility is offered for free elsewhere without the implication ( embed nature in a coding environment ) as a code assistant.

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rishabnakarmi commented 6 days ago

Agreed. Need to remind it the context, the part of code, or what I'm trying to do again and again every new prompt.