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

Post by ProofHouse » Sat, May 02, 2026, 11:35 PM UTC

ExoticPearTree wrote: post #142

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…

> Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. Probably they thought the new generations forgot about how awful they were in the not so distant past. I think they set it all on fire because greed got the better of them again.

Post by nz » Sat, May 02, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #181

ryandrake wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Initially I assumed that when the bubble burst, some VCs would go bust, Oracle would go bust, a few hyperscalers would take a significant haircut but carry on, and life would pretty much go on. However there's now sufficient dodgy AI-related debt making its way onto the debt markets that the bubble burst could be a lot messier, and it may be more than a few percent.

Post by indrora » Sat, May 02, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

dbeley wrote: post #215

MaKey wrote: post #100

FYI, they changed the default of 'git.addAICoAuthor' to 'chatAndAgent' afterwards: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/312880 So it was 'off' -> 'on' -> 'chatAndAgent'

This should be higher, as this dates from 5 days ago I wonder why OP didn't bother to mention this follow-up

Post by kcguyu » Sat, May 02, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC

altmanaltman wrote: post #177

ExoticPearTree wrote: post #157

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> They invested billions. They're scared. They could have shipped a good product with all those billions they spent in reinventing Clippy. I have this feeling that their bet was that all the Microsoft shops will jump on Copilot without looking at alternatives, so they did not really have to make it as good as their competition.

Microsoft continues to make billions in profit despite its spending on AI, because it has a diversified business that generates revenue. I don't get why they would be "scared"? It's basically a calibrated risk at that level.

Post by neilv » Sat, May 02, 2026, 11:44 PM UTC

rsynnott wrote: post #174

phatfish wrote: post #158

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If i remember chrome:// used to have special meaning in Firefox (and probably well before that), and was used to tweak UI settings. I always assumed this was where Google took the name from.

Chrome is a now-somewhat-archaic term for GUI (or specifically the actual elements of the GUI, not the concept), and Netscape/Mozilla did use the term a lot. Google claims that their browser is called Chrome because of an association with fast cars (presumably Google was keen to market it to extremely old people, chrome not having been a particularly big thing in cars for a very long time).