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  "content": "---\ntitle: \"So this is how it feels when the robots come for your job: what GitHub's\n  Copilot 'AI assistant' means for coders\"\ndescription: \"A pointer to my Conversation article on GitHub Copilot and what AI coding\n  assistants mean for programmers.\"\ntags:\n  - dev\n  - ai\n---\n\nI wrote [a piece for the Conversation][conversation] about GitHub's new\n_Copilot_ AI programming assistant. You can [head over there][conversation] to\nread it if you like.\n\n[conversation]: https://theconversation.com/so-this-is-how-it-feels-when-the-robots-come-for-your-job-what-githubs-copilot-ai-assistant-means-for-coders-185957\n",
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  "description": "A pointer to my Conversation article on GitHub Copilot and what AI coding assistants mean for programmers.",
  "path": "/blog/2022/06/30/what-githubs-copilot-ai-assistant-means-for-coders",
  "publishedAt": "2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
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  "textContent": "A pointer to my Conversation article on GitHub Copilot and what AI coding assistants mean for programmers.",
  "title": "So this is how it feels when the robots come for your job: what GitHub's Copilot 'AI assistant' means for coders"
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