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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by outside1234 »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #60
rsynnott wrote: post #26

One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…

> And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. It's the bourgeoisie dream: A means of production that also does the labor 24/7 and can't complain, infinitely spawnable. Theoretical slavery+, so of course they're throwing everything into the furnace for it.

BUT it is a trap: https://arxiv.org/html/2603.20617v1

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by bethekidyouwant »

kafrofrite wrote: post #79
flipthefrog wrote: post #75

A lot of bitching about Microsoft here, for something Claude has been doing forever. I have a git hook that rejects any commit containing the line Co-authored by Claude

Please do share

Just ask Claude to write it..

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by manquer »

djyde wrote: post #12
SwellJoe wrote: post #4

"Sent from my iPhone" marketing only works if people want everyone to know they're using the product.

However, there's one counterexample: some email clients in the past experienced explosive growth by adding signatures. It was annoying, but it definitely worked.

Doubly so, because you are being used as ad-channel and not being compensated for it either.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by grebc »

lpcvoid wrote: post #33
rsynnott wrote: post #26

One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…

[flagged]

5 years ago it was blockchain & NFT’s.

Same hypers just moved to different technology.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

#105

Post by whynotmaybe »

mister_mort wrote: post #41

This is pumping someone's metrics up inside of Microsoft, somewhere . The question is - will their boss revert it or encourage it when they discover the source of the stats being juiced?

Isn't it also cause they want to tag those commit so that they don't feed it into copilot training?

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by ninkendo »

> No description provided.

Right because of course you wouldn’t provide an explanation for why such a change would be made.

Providing zero description or background or explanation for why a change is made is probably the only thing that pisses me off as much as a pure AI-slop description of a change: your job in a PR description is to give the background for why a change is being made. Honestly, any PR which doesn’t do this should be insta-closed by policy. But it totally tracks with the level of quality I’d expect from the company in question.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by bdangubic »

vultour wrote: post #95
flipthefrog wrote: post #75

A lot of bitching about Microsoft here, for something Claude has been doing forever. I have a git hook that rejects any commit containing the line Co-authored by Claude

Are you ashamed of other people finding out you used Claude? I think the co-authored-by bit should not be a setting at all, AI-generated code should be clearly identified.

mind-boggling people are trying to hide this, tells you all you need to know about our “profession.” presence of that hook or the like in a place of business should be fireable offense

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by ryandrake »

krainboltgreene wrote: post #60
rsynnott wrote: post #26

One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…

> And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. It's the bourgeoisie dream: A means of production that also does the labor 24/7 and can't complain, infinitely spawnable. Theoretical slavery+, so of course they're throwing everything into the furnace for it.

These next few years are the real turning point. If they are right about AI and robotic workforces, then it's checkmate--they don't need us anymore, and we're next for the furnace. If they're wrong... well, I don't know... Will there be any consequences? Maybe a few people lose a few percent of their net worth.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by NateEag »

vultour wrote: post #95
flipthefrog wrote: post #75

A lot of bitching about Microsoft here, for something Claude has been doing forever. I have a git hook that rejects any commit containing the line Co-authored by Claude

Are you ashamed of other people finding out you used Claude? I think the co-authored-by bit should not be a setting at all, AI-generated code should be clearly identified.

I think the Linux kernel's standard of disclosure via the "Assisted-By" trailer is the right move.

Makes it clear you used a bullshit machine, without implying it's an author.

...assuming you think using them at all is a good move - I won't deny they have some utility (though I'd argue much lower than many seem to think), but I do presently believe they're a disaster for humanity.

The ruination of the Internet with slop, the massive propagation of propaganda, and the insanely easy-to-wield tools for abuse are in no way worth the ability to accrue tech debt at 10x velocity (though to be clear, accruing tech debt can absolutely be a useful strategy, if one I personally dislike).

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