--- title: "Who Writes Better Code: GitHub CoPilot or GPT-3?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/who-writes-better-code-github-copilot-or-gpt-3--irp2piyr3 source_url: https://python.plainenglish.io/who-writes-better-code-github-copilot-or-gpt-3-9e7441650c9b type: article source: "Python in Plain English" author: "Kaustubh Gupta" published: 2021-11-23T05:03:05.752Z updated: 2026-03-15T07:11:28.192Z tags: ["general-programming", "github", "nlp", "python"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 28 comments: 0 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. # Who Writes Better Code: GitHub CoPilot or GPT-3? **[Python in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/inPlainEngHQ)** · [@kaustubh](https://daily.dev/kaustubh) · 5 min read · 28 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub recently announced its new GitHub copilot tool. The copilot is based on suggesting what could be the next piece of code based on the current variables used/declared. GPT-3 predicts the next word of a sentence given the previous words in a sentence. The comparison between the two may seem a bit unfair, but it will be interesting to see how these two models perform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## 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: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#nlp](https://daily.dev/tags/nlp), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/who-writes-better-code-github-copilot-or-gpt-3--irp2piyr3)