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The backlash they ought to be worried about is the one from their customers when it refuses to operate due to an ongoing battle between opposing groups of extre
by jfoster 4y ago
The backlash they ought to be worried about is the one from their customers when it refuses to operate due to an ongoing battle between opposing groups of extremists.
- mcphage 4y agoThat seems a pretty simple one to manage—a disclaimer stating "Copilot will not generate code referencing certain topics" seems both sufficient and uncontroversial.
- jsmith45 4y agolike thus line from the FAQ? >GitHub Copilot includes filters to block offensive language in the prompts and to avoid synthesizing suggestions in sensitive contexts. I think calling gender a sensitive context is not unreasonable.
- mcphage 4y agoYep, that’s perfect.
- kbelder 4y ago>I think calling gender a sensitive context is not unreasonable. It is very unreasonable, but it's also the truth. sigh
- jfoster 4y agoYes, but medical stuff is a sensitive context too. And financial, as well. Plus ethnicity. And age. As well as anything could be indicative of the aforementioned topics, such as vehicle makes & models, ecommerce products, tea vs coffee preference, accounting, and so on. Oh, wouldn't you know it... Turns out that almost all code doing something important might be able to be interpreted as sensitive.
- mcphage 4y agoOh god, the thought of Copilot contributed code ending up in medical applications is terrifying…