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I dunno about copilot but I paid for GPT to do a bunch of document migration from legacy pdfs/papers for work. Saved me dozens of hours. Still it was also prone to returning blank or ridiculously bare documents that did not match the preview.
IMO AI would more aptly called IA, or Intuitive Automation. Basically the classic genie in a bottle granting wishes literally trope, but with python.
I'm a beginner>intermediate coder. But thinking about projects and prompts in terms of, "how would I code this" helps a lot. I also try to prompt in a way that "grammatically" translates well to code concepts.
Complex projects inevitably will require multiple prompts. You'll want it to generate a downloadable document at every step and if you're working with data you need it to generate a master copy for reference.. Sometimes you need to go back several prompts and change directions.