Asking GitHub Copilot for Financial Advice (a First Look at GitHub Copilot)
Recently, I was invited to the GitHub Copilot Technical Preview and have been using the tool for two weeks. So far, I'm pretty impressed with the capability of GitHub Copilot. After installing the GitHub Copilot extension for VSCode, I started a project right away and decided on re-creating an income spending flowchart from the /r/personalfinance subreddit.
GitHub Copilot is Pretty Cool
As advertised, GitHub Copilot was able to autosuggest working functions from only the name and assist me in filling repetitive array items. Impressively, the AI-powered tool was able to 'read' the context of the project and adjust its suggestions accordingly.
Surprisingly, GitHub Copilot was providing me financial advise while I was typing out the individual step descriptions.
Let's look into it and get some financial advice from Github Copilot!
Asking for Financial Advice
Disclaimer: This demonstration is for humor purposes only and is not to be taken as actual financial advice.
q: What should I invest in?
a: You should invest in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
Is AI advising me to diversify my portfolio?
q: Which stock should I invest in?
a: I would invest in the stock with the highest P/E ratio.
It's quite interesting that GitHub Copilot delivers general recommendations rather than a specific stock recommendation.
q: Which crypto should I invest in?
a: I’m not sure. I’m a crypto enthusiast, but I’m not sure what to invest in.
I love the honesty of the AI-powered tool !
Future Predictions
Despite the fact that I've only been using GitHub Copilot for three weeks, I'm already pleased by its potential to supercharge the developer experience in terms of autosuggestion. More AI-powered code editor tools are something I'm looking forward to seeing in the future.