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On top of that, they have no way of generating any notes without your input.
I believe the way these models work is fundamentally plagiaristic. It's an "average of its inputs" situation, not a "greater than the sum of its parts" one.
GitHub Copilot doesn't know how to code, it knows how to copy-and-paste from people who do. It's useless without a million devs to crib off.
I think it's a perfectly reasonable reaction to be rather upset when some Silicon Valley chuckleheads help themselves to your lfe's work in order to build a bot to replace you.