Mastodawn

Hello, if you care about Servo, the alternative web browser engine that was originally slated to be the next gen Firefox but now is a donation-supported project under the Linux Foundation, you should know Servo announced a plan to as of June start allowing Servo code to be written by "Github Copilot":

https://floss.social/@servo/114296977894869359

There's a thoughtful post about this by the author of the former policy, which until now banned this:

https://kolektiva.social/@delan/114319591118095728

FOLLOWUP: Canceled! https://mastodon.social/@mcc/114376955704933891

Servo (@servo@floss.social)

Attached: 1 image Servo is considering: - allowing some AI tools for non-code contributions - allowing maintainers to use GitHub Copilot for some code contributions over the next 12 months These changes are planned to take effect in June 2025, but we want your feedback. More details: https://github.com/servo/servo/discussions/36379

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mcc Apr 11

There has been a public comment period on this plan, with public comment so far overwhelmingly negative. I'm not sure how this response will impact the plan; the announcement said enactment was "subject to a review of your feedback", whatever that means.

Personally I think the plan is a horrible idea on both technical and moral grounds, and would end Servo's current frontrunner status as the best candidate for a browser that truly represents the open web and respects the needs of its own users.

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mcc Apr 11

Please do not respond to this thread to talk about Ladybird. This is a personal request from me. Just… please. Don't make me have a conversation about Ladybird today. Some other time

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mcc Apr 11

By the way, I still think this paragraph I wrote is a pretty good paragraph.

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Michael Horne

@mcc Plausible but not correct, spot on. I've been using a GitHubs CoPilot for a few months. Some things it's very good at. Well one thing: pattern recognition. So if I'm doing something repetitive but not really, it's good at predicting "the next thing". But honestly? I can type faster than it can return results most of the time, so is it *really* helpful? Sometimes, I guess, but I'm having to be like a hawk reading what it's spat out!