Using CoPilot-Like Tools is Not Pairing

Ever since the rise of LLM based tools like ChatGPT and CoPilot there have been quips made about how great it makes as a pairing partner. The joke is because these tools are passive and won’t trash your code, or disagree with your approach, or smell of garlic. I get the joke. The problem for me is that these jokes are suggesting that using tools like CoPilot are akin to pairing, but they’re not.…