---
title: "Why Use GitHub Copilot And Copilot Labs: Practical Use Cases for the AI Pair Programmer"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-use-github-copilot-and-copilot-labs-practical-use-cases-for-the-ai-pair-programmer-kfekrbuoq
source_url: https://dev.to/github/why-use-github-copilot-and-copilot-labs-practical-use-cases-for-the-ai-pair-programmer-4hf4
type: article
source: "DEV"
published: 2022-04-15T12:42:39.328Z
updated: 2026-03-15T08:16:28.875Z
tags: ["ai", "general-programming", "github"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 19
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Why Use GitHub Copilot And Copilot Labs: Practical Use Cases for the AI Pair Programmer

**[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · 5 min read · 19 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that helps you write code faster and with less work. GitHub Copilot draws context from comments and code, and suggests individual lines and whole functions instantly. GitHub Next, a team exploring the future of technology and software beyond the adjacent-possible, released Copilot Labs.

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