The auto-complete in VSCode is one of the few AI use cases that I actually find useful. Passing a whole bunch of args in a python class function call to set instance variables just becomes that little bit less tedious. Lots of little things like that add up to nice time savings.

The “ask copilot” features are absolutely terrible though.

Don’t forget 🇮🇪 🇨🇮

No. See the recent example of Meta blocking Careless People from being publicised and the book’s subsequent position on the bestseller list for reference.

It’s like he doesn’t know what to do with his face in order to smile - “Let all the muscles go completely loose? No, that didn’t work - constrict everything! Hmm, perhaps I just need to tense my teeth and let everything hang loose while opening my eyes reeeeeally wide…”

Stranger still to make the headline about one small paragraph in the middle of the piece that was clearly an aside.

The sequels expand on the premise in pretty interesting ways too.

You should read Semiosis, a sci-fi book about a planet with a lot of bamboo.

C’mon Matrim - EXPLODE!

The concept of sustainable mining strikes me as inherently contradictory.