--- title: "Copilot Is Ruining Our Code?? New Study Results Are...Concerning" url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-is-ruining-our-code-new-study-results-are-concerning-qeedy1uck source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ktvyqvWkiU type: video:youtube source: "Theo - t3․gg" published: 2024-02-03T12:08:53.748Z updated: 2024-02-03T12:08:51.908Z tags: ["github", "productivity"] reading_time: 13 upvotes: 22 comments: 6 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copilot Is Ruining Our Code?? New Study Results Are...Concerning **[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 13 min read · 22 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A new study on the impact of GitHub Copilot on code quality reveals some concerning results. The research shows that AI-generated code may have adverse effects and lacks the careful refinement of a senior developer. While there are positive aspects, such as increased coding speed, the study raises concerns about maintainability, code churn, and copy-pasted code. The use of AI tools like Copilot has created a symbiotic relationship between human and artificial intelligence that shapes the future of software development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@valdoryu** · 7 upvotes > This guy puts his face everywhere **@thoraxcrashandburn** · 3 upvotes > So people like me will become sought after to clean up all the future legacy mess that AI created? > > I hope they can pay the price. **@thomasvuillaume** · 2 upvotes > "How will Copilot transform what it means to be a developer? There's no question that, as AI has surged in popularity, we have entered an era where code lines are being added faster than ever before. The better question for 2024: who's on the hook to clean up the mess afterward?" Scary... **@thomashighbaugh** · 0 upvotes > Maybe its just my check everything 30 times OCD but I am not surprised by that at all, it will break your project if you are accept happy with copilot or codeium or anything else. You still have to know the language to get the thing to work in production peeps ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-is-ruining-our-code-new-study-results-are-concerning-qeedy1uck)