There are many people who work on open source professionally, but as a hobbyist programmer I find it odd to worry about Copilot automating my “job.” This is like complaining that your dishwasher or robot vacuum cleaner automates your job because you don’t do the work by hand anymore.
If you’re getting paid then it makes some sense to worry about automation, but if you’re not, automation is good. You can do more. The community can do more. We can take on more ambitious projects.
If you are a hobbyist programmer, it is not your "job" . So it is not automating your job for the moment but the professional programmers' job, isn't it?
Yes, what I'm trying to get across is that open source programming is often not a job. It can become a job, but I want to leave room for it being ok not to be a job.
If you’re getting paid then it makes some sense to worry about automation, but if you’re not, automation is good. You can do more. The community can do more. We can take on more ambitious projects.