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"Adapt or die" ... funny how the general reaction of geeks when Copilot came was quite on the opposite.

• yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
  Was it? I'd put it at almost all negative reactions to copilot being about its tendency to reproduce chunks of code verbatim in a way that makes it look likely to be copyright infringement. In contrast, my impression is that the art folks are more upset at the being-automated-out-of-a-job angle. Not universally true, of course, but those really are different concerns.
• esperent 4y ago
  No it wasn't. There were many opinions, just as there are amongst artists, including a small number of very loud negative voices. But I'm pretty sure the reaction of most "geeks" was positive. Geeks generally love new tech, especially when it can improve their workflow. A very valid negative criticism is that a huge company with a bad track record having ownership of a for-profit tool created by processing the work of millions of people is not good. However that criticism shouldn't be conflated with criticizing the existence of the tool itself.