# A Recommendation for "The Drunken Plagiarists" on Code Copilots

DevFeed: [A Recommendation for "The Drunken Plagiarists" on Code Copilots](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/worth-reading-drunken-plagiarists-11129.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/01/worth-reading-drunken-plagiarists/>)

Published: 2025-01-28T07:47:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [flow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flow.md>)

## AI overview

The author recommends George V. Neville-Neil's ACM Queue article "The Drunken Plagiarists," which summarizes the usefulness of various code copilots. The author says the article reflects their experience, including frustration with semi-relevant suggestions disrupting their flow.

## Source excerpt

George V. Neville-Neil published a fantastic, must-read summary of the various code copilots' usefulness on ACM Queue: The Drunken Plagiarists. It pretty much mirrors my experience (plus, I got annoyed when the semi-relevant suggestions kept kicking me out of the flow) and reminds me of the early days of OpenFlow, when nobody wanted to listen to old grunts like myself telling the world it was all hype and little substance.