I will never understand why the model — any model in any environment — is allowed to execute commands.
There is exactly one situation in which it sort of makes sense: Copilot integrated with VS Code, running repo-specific commands like
yarn build, with direct human oversight.That’s it. That’s the only situation.
is there any value in saving like ten keystrokes it would take to type the command yourself while introducing the ability for an AI to hallucinate your code to death
Not really. I’m using Copilot for my job because I’m required to, but I limit it to creating basic scripts that accomplish very specific tasks, which it’s okay at. I never let it touch my actual codebase.
Every experiment I’ve run to test how it does with real code from a large, production application has failed miserably. It introduces mocks, it duplicates stuff everywhere, it fakes shit when real APIs are available… I have no fucking idea how these “AI” companies have managed to convince so many businesses that producing catastrophically shitty code very quickly is a good thing.
And thank God it can do that too because “copilot build my project” saves me the intense labor and frustration of hitting F7 on my keyboard
Silence! No questions! You will be assimilated!
To try to make it useful and needed somehow, when in reality it isn’t.
Lol that’s amazing. I’ll stick with Linux!
Me too. Linux already comes without warranty. This warning basically just says that if the user enables the AI agent all guarantees are off. They didn’t bother putting safeguards in and don’t want to be responsible for it.
Never thought I’d see the day where I’d prefer an Apple device over a Windows one. I know they have their own issues, but in terms of ai implementation and security they’re miles ahead of MS.
Apple hardware is typically more difficult to install linux on, and is therefore less useful. I mean you can do it in many cases from what I hear, but I think it’s still not easy on average.
Most of the time, a MacBook is the only logical laptop choice. Gaming laptops mostly suck, either at actual gaming, or at being actual portable laptops. If they aren’t portable, just spend less money on a gaming desktop. If they are portable, they suck at gaming, and if they’re not MacBooks, the battery life isn’t as good and/or they aren’t as powerful. The best gaming on laptops is cloud gaming, and that works on MacBooks too.
Apple Intelligence isn’t miles ahead of anybody. It’s dead last, which is why I like it. I feel like Google and Microsoft are gonna push AI on you whether you want it or not, and that’s the point. Your hardware, serving them. Additional power draw, you pay for, so they can make more money (and naturally, not give any back).
I think the best choice is to get a non-gaming Windows laptop and install Linux on it.
If you don’t need something super powerful then get a refurbished Thinkpad T14 or Elitebook 840 G7 from eBay or Amazon.
Or if you need more CPU, a better screen, etc get a new Omnibook (7 or above) or Ideapad (5 or above) for a Macbook like feel or a Thinkpad for repairability.
Apple Intelligence isn’t miles ahead of anybody. It’s dead last, which is why I like it.
Exactly, in the same boat with this one. It’s not exactly like shoving copilot into freaking notepad.
I think the real question is, is this what Microsoft executives use internally? If they are using Windows 11, are they using the AI agent? Or do they get to opt out of it? Or are they just using Macs?
They don’t seem like they’re the types that are savvy enough to feel like it’s a problem.
Unlike the federal workers who have one IT person per 200 people, they have 200 IT people for one person.
There actually is a version of Windows 11 that exists without any bloat, AI or any other shit (most of the system requirements are also gone) called « Windows Iot LTSC », most of its updates are security ones, and for all I’ve observed it even escaped some of the crappy « windows killed itself » kinda updates. Any company can get access to it.
I don’t know if they use it, but they’d be dumb not to.
It’s hard to believe but there exist an entire chunk of people who don’t use PCs at all (Personal Computers). Being executive level is absolutely rich enough to do that. You’ve someone else to do all of that.
I think they are just fed up with maintaining their own kernel. At this point it honestly seems like they are trying to get people to switch. If they now just release all their code under GPL then the linux nerds can fully support all windows software to allow a seamless transition.
warnsthreatens
Laughs in Linux Mint
Ok going off the script a little.
I actually just had the brain wave to start up my PC House Doctor service again.
Dollar signs appear in my eyes when I remember back to the XP RPC vulnerability and how much business I did from that. This seriously, seriously sounds reminiscent of that - except the threat is directly inside the OS now it’s baked in.
like data exfiltration or … installation
Bad actors are going to have a fucking field day.
Play this KennyChesneySongMp3.exe now!
