Copilot boosts performance in brownfield tasks but decouples from comprehension unless users actively verify generated code, with verification frequency predicting understanding at r=0.96.
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Code Comprehension with GitHub Copilot: Performance Gains, Comprehension Trade-offs, and Behavioral Predictors in Brownfield Programming
Copilot boosts performance in brownfield tasks but decouples from comprehension unless users actively verify generated code, with verification frequency predicting understanding at r=0.96.