GitHub’s CEO recently told developers that if they don’t embrace AI tools like Copilot, they should consider getting out of the profession. It’s framed as advice, but let’s be honest — it’s a veiled threat: buy our AI, or we’ll replace you with someone who does.
This is what happens when those who control the compute, the models, and the platforms also try to dictate the future of labor. The developers — the very people whose code was scraped, whose ideas trained the models, whose unpaid contributions filled GitHub — are now being told to pay up or vanish.
This is what happens when those who control the compute, the models, and the platforms also try to dictate the future of labor. The developers — the very people whose code was scraped, whose ideas trained the models, whose unpaid contributions filled GitHub — are now being told to pay up or vanish.
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