Copilot

One of the aims of the course 02160 “Agile Object-oriented Software Development” is to help students learn how to design and develop object-oriented software. This involves reading, analysing and writing code as part of a software team. The course therefore aims at building a conceptual understanding of software development and therefore use of CoPilot and other Generative AI/LLM tools is discouraged. The students are given science-backed reasons why it is NOT a good idea to use Generative AI to write code at this point in their professional development as well as good ways to use it after the course. ...

ChatGPT is a service by OpenAI, and in it’s own words: ChatGPT is an advanced AI language model developed by OpenAI. It’s designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input it receives. Essentially, it can answer questions, help with tasks like writing, coding, or summarizing information, and engage in conversations on a wide range of topics. The model works by using a large dataset of text to understand patterns in language, making it capable of mimicking human conversations, offering explanations, and even brainstorming ideas. It’s continuously updated to improve accuracy and comprehension. [1] ...

DTU gives access for students and employees to a somewhat similar chat tool to ChatGPT, based on a large language model, from Microsoft, which you can find at https://copilot.microsoft.com/ or at https://m365.cloud.microsoft/ when logged into your DTU account. You can also use it from within the Edge browser. Read more at Microsoft. It is sometimes referred to as “Copilot for the web”. The service also provides access to DALL-E, so you can prompt the service to generate images. ...