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All the people there asking the simple question of why it got changed and getting ignored.
by Waterluvian 6mo ago
All the people there asking the simple question of why it got changed and getting ignored.
- xigoi 6mo agoWe all know the answer anyway.
- chao- 6mo agoThere ought to be decent number of people within Microsoft who have "Copilot usage" as a KPI. I don't think this was gamesmanship on their part (no sarcasm, I truly do not suspect malice), but I'm sure if it could have slipped in without backlash, they would have enjoyed seeing their line go up.
- ahartmetz 6mo agoSorry, I don't see another plausible motive than KPIs must go up. The change came from a product manager and was also reviewed and approved by one or two apparently senior developers. They may have tried to slip it in accidentally on purpose.
- classified 6mo agoNot suspecting malice from Microslop is an untenable and unsafe position.
- netule 6mo agoSo freaking weird. Is it normal at MS for Product Managers to push code? wtf Original PR: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/310226
- javascriptfan69 6mo agoIsn't this the promise of AI?
- jamietanna 6mo agoAgreed they could be clearer on this IMO (and I am biased because I have written about this before in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47164481) but I believe it's to make sure they're legally covering their users, and making sure users of AI tools do at least have some attribution for AI-derived contributions