Sandip Bhattacharya ☮️2d ago

I dont get the hate on #GithubCopilot. We should always encourage more ecosystem diversity in the AI space, especially around agents which let you use models from multiple vendors.

I would hate to see the space consolidate around #anthropic #openai #gemini only tools.

Also, my employer can pay for the frontier agents, but Github Copilot is the only affordable one among the four (especially the highest tier), and natively integrated into #Github.

Show threadAnna Liberty2d ago

@sandipb It's the ethical, practical, and legal concerns with LLMs in general, and the fact that GitHub has been leveraging its special position as a git forge to train on code without developer consent

More diversity in the AI space would be great! Unfortunately GitHub isn't doing it fundamentally differently than anyone else.

Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️2d ago

@liberty Not denying that aspect of LLMs at all. All the big ones are guilty of that.

However, there is currently a concerted effort by AI influencers to kill Github Copilot (even Github itself), to favor the big three. I was just addressing that.

Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@sandipb @liberty I was under the impression Copilot was just reselling OpenAI models, do you have different data to back up your assertion?
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️
@bms48 @liberty it gives you access to models from all the major vendors as part of your subscription. Just like Cursor, and many other AI agents
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Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@sandipb @liberty Very well, I'm out of the loop with #Copilot as I pretty much shitcanned it on sight from anything I use at all on independent advice.