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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 mellosouls »

dmitriv wrote: post #268

I am the person who approved this PR and would like to acknowledge and apologize for the mistake of turning this feature on by default without sufficient upfront validation. There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well. Obviously, it should not be on…

Thanks for facing this head-on here; mistakes happen.

I think the default to on should also be reconsidered regardless. The assessment (co-authored by AI) may be valid but the assumption the user wants that advertising is exactly that, an assumption, and a dubious one at that.

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

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Post by cozzyd »

c-cube wrote: post #269
TeriyakiBomb wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I said AI has utility but drives irrational levels of investment. Crypto has little utility besides a place to gamble, con credulous people and otherwise act as a really shitty store of wealth. Most modern crypto projects barely bother to promise to do anything useful let alone achieve anything useful, which the overwhelming majority do not. These aren't beliefs but statements of fact.

That's very uncharitable. Crypto has been extremely useful for all sorts of grifters and enabled separating fools from their money at true web scale.

Indeed, it would be difficult for Iran to receive payment for passage through the straight or Hormuz without crypto or fir North Korea's ransomwwre economy to be so lucrative.

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

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

preommr wrote: post #13
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #9

If you're angry about this then what are you going to do about it?

Turn it off and rage on social media. If it gets bad enough, look into Zed. Their tagline is literally "your last next editor".

Zed is a nonstarter for me as long as they install additional software (third party runtimes to run LSPs) without asking my permission. That isn't acceptable behavior.

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

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Post by bsuvc »

krupan wrote: post #395
bsuvc wrote: post #359

If your code is "co-authored by Copilot", does that then allow future AI to train on it without your consent?

I have bad news for you about what current AI was trained on...

It's not news to me.

I wonder if this could be related to these recent privacy related changes.

https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/updates-to-gi...

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

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Post by aaaronic »

dmitriv wrote: post #268

I am the person who approved this PR and would like to acknowledge and apologize for the mistake of turning this feature on by default without sufficient upfront validation. There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well. Obviously, it should not be on…

Brave man. RIP your inbox.

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

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Post by bsuvc »

3eb7988a1663 wrote: post #376
bsuvc wrote: post #317

In typical Microsoft form, they locked further comments on the GitHub PR.

I love a good dog-pile, but there is little constructive happening in that thread beyond variations of, "WTF?".

Who decides what is constructive?

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

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Post by cozzyd »

signa11 wrote: post #314
cozzyd wrote: post #25

My newest yocto image mounts a 640K RO tmpfs on top of $HOME/.vscode-server to prevent people using VSCode from shitting all over the relatively small emmc.

640k … there is something poetic about that number.

I figure that's how much RAM I can expend for Microsoft products.

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

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Post by lightdot »

l2dy wrote: post #389
jamesbfb wrote: post #374

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think there’s a few of us who appreciate you being up front. I’d question the intent and why it was a mistake, especially when the commit[0] message reverting said functionality states “widespread criticism” citing this very HN article makes it look seemingly like the revert is due to negative PR opposed to a mistake. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/313725/commits/1e70...

Author of that PR doesn't seem to be a Microsoft employee. Keep in mind that anyone on GitHub can create PRs against VSCode.

Even if that would be so, the person who approved it certainly is.

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

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Post by alemanek »

dmitriv wrote: post #268

I am the person who approved this PR and would like to acknowledge and apologize for the mistake of turning this feature on by default without sufficient upfront validation. There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well. Obviously, it should not be on…

Changing the default behavior for all of your users with no notification is pretty unforgivable. Even if this feature worked correctly, it obviously doesn’t, this should at minimum be a prompt after upgrade to let the user confirm that this is what they want. But honestly should be opt in for those that want it.

To have it silently just start adding marketing copy to git commit messages is pretty bad. To have that added text not be visible to the user in the UI so they can remove it before commit is just much worse.

This kind of thing being released speaks to a greater disfunction over there. Not a good look at all and I am not a Microsoft or AI hater. But my commit messages are not where you move fast and break things

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

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Post by nothinkjustai »

LtWorf wrote: post #384
nothinkjustai wrote: post #304

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NFTs are stupid. But I have a feeling as governments default on their debt and economies collapse in the next few decades cryptocurrencies will be of increasing importance.

Cryptocurrencies are now useless, considering how openai and similar companies have enough compute to highjack them and the AI thing might not work out at all…

I want the drugs you’re on :D
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