FedorSep 1, 2023

GitHub is "The AI-powered developer platform".

Not the "Build software better, together. Powerful collaboration, code review, and code management for open source and private projects." we signed up for years ago. (github's main page from webarchive).

Show threadEmelia 👸🏻Sep 1, 2023
@fedor @clementd @github I honestly think this is pretty disappointing to see. I could understand it if you were still in the hype cycle of VC investment backed services, but you're not, so I really don't understand the jump onto the AI band wagon.
Show threadEmelia 👸🏻

@fedor @clementd @github like, could you imagine Wikipedia getting the tag line "AI-powered knowledge platform" or YouTube "AI-powered video platform"?

"AI-powered development platform" so undervalues the developers it isn't funny. It's not the AI that makes GitHub GitHub, it's the people, the contributors, and the projects.

Without the people there'd be no GitHub. AI code generation is an extra feature some may use, not the platform.

Sep 1, 2023 at 10:56pmWeb
Show threadnovatorine 🏴🏳️‍⚧️Sep 2, 2023
@thisismissem @fedor @clementd @github honestly this is just an extension of the classic way that capitalists and economists further the myth of productive capital instead of admitting that all real value comes from labor lol. Here they're trying to pretend that their technological infrastructure and AI algorithms are what give value when none of that even matters one bit without all of the human labor that developers put in producing actual good code.