To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable “Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training” under the Privacy heading.
Would you also say that we have absolutely no way to confirm that Facebook managers know how addictive their apps are for children? I’m pretty sure that just a few years ago cynical people would say that. But only a couple of days ago this was proved in the court and Facebook lost the case.
So yeah, I believe that taking the company’s word for it is generally a winning strategy, and that blatant violations are relatively rare. Here, MS has a lot to lose and not much to win.
Do you guys really believe these opt-out buttons do anything?
Not /s btw, genuine question.
Maybe. But I wonder how would it apply: are my contributions to another user’s repository still used for training if that user didn’t opt out?
To mirror your question: do you really believe that a significant fraction of users will uncheck this checkbox?
Personally, I think only a few percent will do this and Microsoft does not care about losing their data.
But why would they honor it in the first place? You have absolutely no way to check what they do with your data.
So we’re just supposed to take their word for it?
Would you also say that we have absolutely no way to confirm that Facebook managers know how addictive their apps are for children? I’m pretty sure that just a few years ago cynical people would say that. But only a couple of days ago this was proved in the court and Facebook lost the case.
So yeah, I believe that taking the company’s word for it is generally a winning strategy, and that blatant violations are relatively rare. Here, MS has a lot to lose and not much to win.
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Placbo buttons to boil the frog.