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Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by onion2k »

daemin wrote: post #4

Using a LLM to fix a spelling mistake is retardedly lazy. Presumably they used a free version of the LLM, therefore it is completely understandable that it inserted a snippet of text advertising its use into the output. I mean using a free email provider also adds a line of text to the end of every email advertising the service by default - "Sent from iPhone" etc.

Using a LLM to fix a spelling mistake is retardedly lazy.

If you do it manually, sure.

If you have an agent watching for code changes and automatically opening PRs for small fixes that don't need a human-in-the-loop except for approving the change, it's the opposite of lazy. It eliminately all those tedious 1 point stories and let's the team focus on higher value work that actually needs a person to think about it.

Given time all small changes will be done this way, and eventually there won't be a person reviewing them.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by altairprime »

post_below wrote: post #10

Assuming this isn't a hoax, this seems like a huge, probably unintentional, mistake by MS. If they genuinely implemented something like this, whatever they made from new customers via ads couldn't possibly make up for the loss of good faith with developers and businesses. I suppose if it's real we'll see more reports soon, and maybe a mea culpa.

That’s a really tasteful Juno Mail footer implementation for a mistake. If the AI self-invented it on a lark, good job, but it reads very strongly like someone intended it.

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by pinkmuffinere »

I think they want the free advertisement, like Apple with its “sent from iPhone” addendums. But “sent from iPhone” is sometimes useful, and significantly shorter. If they just left it at “edited with copilot” I think it would be tolerable

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by chrismorgan »

post_below wrote: post #10

Assuming this isn't a hoax, this seems like a huge, probably unintentional, mistake by MS. If they genuinely implemented something like this, whatever they made from new customers via ads couldn't possibly make up for the loss of good faith with developers and businesses. I suppose if it's real we'll see more reports soon, and maybe a mea culpa.

How could you implement something like this by accident?

Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by [deleted] »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #6
daemin wrote: post #4

Using a LLM to fix a spelling mistake is retardedly lazy. Presumably they used a free version of the LLM, therefore it is completely understandable that it inserted a snippet of text advertising its use into the output. I mean using a free email provider also adds a line of text to the end of every email advertising the service by default - "Sent from iPhone" etc.

This comment is shockingly ableist.

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Re: Copilot edited an ad into my PR

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Post by goodusername »

post_below wrote: post #10

Assuming this isn't a hoax, this seems like a huge, probably unintentional, mistake by MS. If they genuinely implemented something like this, whatever they made from new customers via ads couldn't possibly make up for the loss of good faith with developers and businesses. I suppose if it's real we'll see more reports soon, and maybe a mea culpa.

Yeah, would be good to have confirmation that this happened to others as well.

But it really seems like an own goal if true.

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