Sad to see the "change world GDP" mantra didn't trickle down to the people doing the actual plumbing.
GitHub Community Discussions: Past year's top 2 requests are to disable Copilot
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#22doesn't you need to explicitly add copilot as reviewer for it to comment?
I recently tried it for our own PRs and it is far from perfect but it was able to find some typos, and I had to explicitly ask it for doing review
am I missing something?
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#23Since copilot is trained with opensource code, wouldn't more opensource vibe code make the model collapse?
It isn't just code, all AI models need to train on equivalent of low-background radiation steel, before the nuke was detonated(or ChatGPT was released to public).
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#24They will not let people disable Copilot.
The reason is that "we are all-in on AI". [1] They have spent so much funds on AI infra that now they have to justify these decisions before the investors by forcing Copilot on everyone.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/comments/1mk7dcc/comment/n7g...
PS: I absolutely love Copilot. What I hate is MS's approach to it
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#25Since copilot is trained with opensource code, wouldn't more opensource vibe code make the model collapse?
Didn't people prove that MSFT trained it on private repos too?
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#26If I was still on github, I would also vote to disable copilot.
But I wonder if my usage back then would even run afoul of copilot ?
All I did was access github using ssh(1)/git(1). I only went into the WEB Page to create new projects, so maybe copilot would have been a non-issue for me.
Github was just a storage location to allow other people to get my items.
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#27Can people currently in these companies tell me why the companies are forcing people to use AI? I understand offering as an option, the constant forced opt-ins is leading to obvious fatigue...
Same reason random companies shipped Web 3.0 and NFTs. They were hoping to make money off it. They're now hoping if they sprinkle some AI pixie dust it will make money. If they're smart they can grab a couple million off the AI bandwagon before it goes bust. Either way they need to keep up with the joneses.
Companies shipped the Semantic Web? When?
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#28Can people currently in these companies tell me why the companies are forcing people to use AI? I understand offering as an option, the constant forced opt-ins is leading to obvious fatigue...
Like others have said to justify their spending/make shareholders happy. its exactly like why is web search a part of windows search feature ? The answer is simple: gotta make Bing look good to shareholders
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#29Can people currently in these companies tell me why the companies are forcing people to use AI? I understand offering as an option, the constant forced opt-ins is leading to obvious fatigue...
My problem isn't that the AI is stock feature, it's that it's poorly bolted-on UX everywhere as popups/overlays etc that have to be dismissed to see/continue what I'm in the middle of doing. It's like getting a GDPR popover, not the first time you visit a new site, but every time you're doing a routine task.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same reason random companies shipped Web 3.0 and NFTs. They were hoping to make money off it. They're now hoping if they sprinkle some AI pixie dust it will make money. If they're smart they can grab a couple million off the AI bandwagon before it goes bust. Either way they need to keep up with the joneses.
Companies shipped the Semantic Web? When?
Web3, not 3.0 (I didn't realize they both use the same name). As late as last year I got a recruiter asking if I wanted to work for a Real Estate startup that was gonna use Web3 and Blockchain Technology to "revolutionize the housing market".