# Ai copilots seem to change how people trust their own work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-copilots-seem-to-change-how-people-trust-their-own-work/682007>\
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**Created:** [June 10, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-copilots-seem-to-change-how-people-trust-their-own-work/682007 "2026-06-10T07:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-copilots-seem-to-change-how-people-trust-their-own-work/682007/1 "2026-06-10T07:03:14Z")

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okay so the weird part to me isn’t whether copilots are useful, it’s how fast people seem to stop trusting their own read on a change. I’ve seen folks paste in a suggestion, then spend twice as long second-guessing it instead of just following the code path themselves.

Has anyone else noticed that? feels like the tool can be fine and still leave you more hesitant than before.

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**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ai-copilots-seem-to-change-how-people-trust-their-own-work/682007/2 "2026-06-11T08:20:17Z")

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i’ve seen this in code review too. once a suggestion comes from the model, people stop treating it like a draft and start treating it like a second reviewer they have to satisfy.

we had a pretty boring config change last month and someone spent way more time checking whether the copilot version was “safe” than checking the actual diff. felt less like using a tool and more like arguing with a ghost.

does it get worse for you on stuff like auth or permissions?