I think "junior programmer" (or "copilot") oversells the AI in some cases and undersells it in others. It does forget things that a regular person wouldn't, and it does very basic coding mistakes sometimes. At the same time it's better than me at some things (getting off-by-one errors when dealing with algorithms that work on arrays). It also has encyclopedic knowledge about basically anything out there on the internet. Red-black Trees? Sure thing. ECS systems for game programming? No problemo, here are the most used libraries.

I have ended up thinking about it as a "hunting dog". It can do some things better than me. It can get into tiny crevasses and bushes. It doesn't mind getting wet or dirty. It will smell the prey better than me.

But I should make the kill. And I should be leading the hunt, not the other way around.