# Who Benefits Most from Cursor, Copilot, and Other AI Coding Assistants?

DevFeed: [Who Benefits Most from Cursor, Copilot, and Other AI Coding Assistants?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/who-wins-with-cursor-copilot-33437.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/08/31/llm-pairing>)

Published: 2024-08-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [GitHub Copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot.md>), [pair\_programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pair-programming.md>), [Unit testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/unit-testing.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/copilot.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [pair-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pair-programming.md>), [unit-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-testing.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that the benefits of AI coding assistants such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot depend less on whether a programmer is simply good or bad and more on their strengths, weaknesses, temperament, and personality. It compares these tools with unit testing and pair programming, emphasizing that AI assistants can provide broad technical knowledge, speed, and brainstorming while still making mistakes and struggling with design and innovation.

## Source excerpt

Who wins now that Cursor is out? Good programmers? Bad programmers? Here, I make the case that it is more about your tempermant and personality traits. If you're good in the places where the AI is weak, you'll knock it out of the park.