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Re:My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employee... by latentsea on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @09:56AM (#44051505)
All that's required is enough mental gymnastics for someone to feel like they can call it a success. At no point is it actually required to be one.
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Re:My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employee... by mrweasel on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @10:35AM (#44051904)
You're probably correct: "Our developers a very happy with CoPilot. They now spend 50% of their time interacting with our AI offerings, either via VSCode, Github or Clippy."

No need to specify why they are interact with it, all engagement is good engagement.

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Re:My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employee... by ryandrake on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @11:47AM (#44052753)
By this measurement, a slower compiler is better than a faster one, because developers are using it for more of their time. Totally bonkers, Microsoft!
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Re:My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employee... by latentsea on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @08:30PM (#44057609)
When your identity is tied to that being a success, you will find a way to make it so, because it feels much worse to have your identity challenged at a fundamental level than it does to have people grumpy with you for acting in a way that allows you to preserve your identity.

Most corporate BS comes down to this.

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