My co-worker has been using Copilot for his readme files. It would be better to have nothing at all. Without a readme fill I would go to the code to find what I need, or ask him. With the Copilot readme file, I get a bit excited that I will save some time, read it, think some things sound a bit off, go to the code, find that the readme is a fabrication with no basis in reality, reach out to the co-worker to tell him what happened, wait for him to manually write a proper readme, and then I can carry on with my work.

I see these AI docs as a net negative. The uphill battle isn’t with the average Joe, it’s for the technology to live up to its promise, or to stop selling lies.