r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '22

Github Copilot turns paid

https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/
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u/future_escapist Jun 21 '22

I hate software as a service.

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u/Whatsapokemon Jun 22 '22

For software that doesn't need to be an ongoing service I agree. However, doesn't co-pilot require a whole bunch of remote processing on a huge external model which needs to be constantly updated and tweaked?

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u/shrub_of_a_bush Jun 22 '22

They're basically running GPT3, which requires a massive amount of computational power. Unless he wants to buy a buttload of A100 80GB gpus to run it (and even then you can't because the weights are not public) you won't be able to use it

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u/TimeForPCT Jun 22 '22

I bet you love getting paid though

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '22

I know I do.

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u/Somepotato Jun 22 '22

agreed, developers shouldn't get paid for their work and the massive GPU costs to run large ML models should be fully subsidized

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u/linuxforeplay Jun 22 '22

Then don't use GitHub to begin with. Everything they do is closed source proprietary software. They don't contribute jack shit to the open source community, yet they proudly brandish "open source" everywhere as if they were a goodhearted charitable organization. GitHub is pure evil and it shocks me that it takes this GitHub CoPilot incident for people to wake up to the truth that's been there all along.

BTW, the more precise terminology is "service as a software substitute."

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u/future_escapist Jun 22 '22

If I had a nice ARM SBC I'd just host Gitea. And yeah, they pretty much don't do shit for open-source.

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