David Smith - Copilot for R

Talk delivered February 28, 2023. Visit https://www.nyhackr.org to learn more and follow https://twitter.com/nyhackr About the Talk: Did you know that Copilot, GitHub's AI "pair programmer", knows how to program in R? In this talk, I'll demonstrate how you can speed up the process of writing R code in Visual Studio Code. Copilot dynamically generates R statements and even entire functions based on context from your existing projects. By way of example, I'll write a function to interface R with the new Azure OpenAI Service, and have Copilot assist with the process by generating the required code. Please come along with any questions you may have about Copilot, Azure OpenAI Service, and AI generally and I'll do my best to answer them after the talk.