Github Copilot’s new pricing model went live today and r/GithubCopilot is having a meltdown.

[phillip@social.lol]

@StarkRG Running multi-trillion parameter models all day, every day, for $12/mo is not sustainable?? What do you mean??? /s

[steve@social.coop]

@phillip No one could have seen this coming.

No one could have seen this coming years in advance and written in detail about how it would play out.

[phillip@social.lol]

@Steve It’s totally unexpected! And this is definitely isolated to only Github Copilot and won’t be coming for OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini. That would be crazy /s

[dawn@social.lol]

@phillip thank you so much for making me go read that up

[altbot@fuzzies.wtf]

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@dawn A screenshot of a dark-themed online comment thread. The first comment by user TheDankestSlav, posted "il y a 4 j", reads, "My suggestion is to bind the multiplier value to the demand a model has at a given time period. Then we can allow people to bet their credits in favor or against said multiplier value. We can also introduce a credit "credit score" system that allows people to get a loan of LLM-use credits that they have to gradually pay back over time." This comment shows 72 upvotes and a "Répondr "Répondre" button. A reply from user ElGuaco, also posted "il y a 4 j", reads, "Easy, Satan." and shows 43 upvotes. At the bottom, a button reads "6 réponses en plus".

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[tessarakt@mastodon.social]

@phillip I didn't work today. Let's see if my company (edit: = employer)'s overage budget is already used up by tomorrow.

[phillip@social.lol]

@dawn Did… did they just suggest a loan-based pay-over-time prediction market betting on LLM usage at any given time?

[dawn@social.lol]

@phillip i think that one was ironic but i'm pretty sure this is in the back of a loan shark somewhere

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@phillip

[phillip@social.lol]

@tessarakt Based on what I’m reading, I’d brace yourself for some irrationally frustrated devs. And here I am blocking Copilot in Github and throughout our Microsoft org

[phillip@social.lol]

@dawn Silicon Valley capitalists have consistently used sci-fi as an instruction set. We need to stop giving them ideas

[tessarakt@mastodon.social]

@phillip I'm not a manager, so what do you mean by "brace yourself"? Bring popcorn?

[phillip@social.lol]

@tessarakt Ah, then in your case, yes! Enjoy the show

[wq@vim.wtf]

@phillip

I been slopped.

all my tokens gone.

[heavyimage@mastodon.social]

@phillip omg I wish I didn’t enjoy this so much. Thank you.

[heavyimage@mastodon.social]

@phillip @dawn *slop giving them ideas

[drikanis@mstdn.ca]

@phillip we've already had devs blow through their limit, it's really funny.

[phillip@social.lol]

@drikanis cLaUdE wOuLd NeVeR dO tHiS!

[theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social]

@dawn @phillip Need to close Mastodon... nearly hurt myself laughing.

[phillip@social.lol]

@minentromaxinfo I have learned a new word today. Nice!