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Whatever MS bakes into Windows is not what I listed above. Spin up a local LLM trained on your code base and try using it.
No thanks AI bro.
I don't buy your evidence-free praise of AI. And I don't buy your No True Scotsman fallacy.
Hey I'm against corporate AI too, but when anyone can create a very basic ML program that runs locally with public domain data, eventually something both useful and ethical will emerge. It's good to be skeptical, but you don't have to be an AI bro to see that some specific tools might meet or exceed your standards.
I don't like image or video generators, but the core tech is really useful for frame interpolation, a usecase that is not inherently controversial and badly needs improvement.
Sorry to not-x-it's-y, but it's not about forcing the big tool into your workflow, it's about finding the 1001 little tools that work every time and collecting them. Or, wait for these tools to be consolidated.
If I seem naive, It's cause I believe in reclaiming as much from tainted technology as possible.
Considering the GOG announced their AI usage to the world with an AI-generated image, and the technology currently cannot be remotely useful without being extremely unethical, I do not share your optimism.
There's plenty of real technology that can be reclaimed right now, though! From textile machines to lithium ion battery technology, the world is your oyster.
Well I will not share a screencast where a local LLM helps with code completion on a private project. You talk like you're a proficient developer, you can try that on your own. And where is the fallacy?
We've got studies that show AI makes you feel more productive while you're actually less productive. And all you're offering is a feeling you feel. Get high on your own supply if you want, but don't drag down good companies with your evangelism.
What‘s the good company in this context?
Don't act so stupid, dude. You know what post you're in, or at least I hope you do.
If you want to claim that AI can magically do something that not even AI companies themselves can prove, then prove it. Ed Zitron has been begging AI evangelists like you to prove it for at least a year now. Otherwise, I call bullshit on your evangelism.
AI is not a monolith; there are a lot of tools out there that you don't hear about because all the focus is on the large, corporate models that are meant to dehumanize. LLMs like Gemini, Grok, and ChatGPT are awful inventions that should be dismantled, but smaller ML projects found on GitHub shouldn't be lumped in, as the few that survive the bubble will stick around because they prove to be effective.
So I‘m dragging down GOG?
I'm curious about these studies. Do you have a citation?
Probably referencing this: https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/