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 threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@sandipb @liberty Besides, there is no #Anthropic or #OpenAI for me any more. Or Google " #Gemini " (a name they hijacked and bluewashed). There is only Ed #Zitron https://wheresyoured.at/
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

The Words of Ed Zitron, a PR person and writer.

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️2d ago
@bms48 @liberty I follow and read Ed Zitron, and agree with him a lot.
But that doesn’t mean I avoid or ignore one of the great technological leaps of our time, which I can see with my own eyes has made an incredible difference in my work
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️2d ago
@bms48 @liberty There is a lot of corrections needed in the industry, but I am not important or influential enough to do anything about it. When a more sane path opens up, I will take it. And I will always root for and advocate open source options (25+ years Linux user here).
Show threadAnna Liberty2d ago
@sandipb @bms48 As long as you're not polluting open source code bases with more LLM-generated legal risk, all good by me!
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️

@liberty @bms48 at this point, tbh, I less concerned with legal risks from AI generated code, and more concerned with process related risks.

opensource code bases are getting hammered by AI slop PRs. So much so, that many repositories are putting up walls which will end up affecting real users. e.g. "web of trust" based contributions, etc

Mar 27 at 6:37pmIvory for Mac
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@sandipb @liberty : @bagder was quoted by someone as saying the slop factor had reduced slightly following what gkh@LKML was saying
Show threadSandip Bhattacharya ☮️2d ago

@liberty @bms48 I am worried about these initiatives. They make it incredibly difficult for first time contributors to pitch in

https://itsfoss.com/news/mitchell-hashimoto-vouch/

Mitchell Hashimoto Launches 'Vouch' to Fight AI Slop in Open Source Ecosystem

New tool helps open source projects manage the scourge of AI slop.

It's FOSS
Show threadAnna Liberty2d ago
@sandipb @bms48 I'm not sure what the alternative is besides LLM companies going under and the tools not being as readily available
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@liberty @sandipb Cloud AI models on "big tech" infrastructure are a bit like crack cocaine and I think someone who often appears in a bomber jacket on stage showing how to get pwn3d knows this.
Show threadBruce Simpson, Ph.D.2d ago
@sandipb @liberty My response is to divest myself of GitHub as much as possible as from the view askew, it is a dying platform. One that cannot respect IP rights...