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Chrome is adding `window.ai` – a Gemini Nano AI model right inside the browser

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229 points modinfo | 1 comments | 30 Jun 24 01:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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some_furry ◴[30 Jun 24 02:53 UTC] No.40834822[source]▶
Sigh, don't make me tap the sign*.

I used to hold Google Chrome in high esteem due to its security posture. Shoehorning AI into it has deleted any respect I held for Chrome or the team that develops it.

Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback.

* The sign: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you...

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jimmaswell ◴[30 Jun 24 03:08 UTC] No.40834874[source]▶
What a needlessly hostile and cynical blog post. I also can't relate to their appraisal of copilot. It's been an incredible productivity booster for me in how it removes so much cognitive load that's tangential to the problem I'm solving. It mostly completes the same line/s I was about to type, sometimes even pointing out an error in my code when the output is odd. It's also awesome when it spits out 20+ lines unexpectedly that do exactly what I was about to do, taking only a brief moment of code review by me to verify.
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1. some_furry ◴[30 Jun 24 03:11 UTC] No.40834880[source]▶
> It's been an incredible productivity booster for me in how it removes so much cognitive load that's tangential to the problem I'm solving. It mostly completes the same line/s I was about to type, sometimes even pointing out an error in my code when the output is odd. It's also awesome when it spits out 20+ lines unexpectedly that do exactly what I was about to do, taking only a brief moment of code review by me to verify.

If Copilot is so great, why does your employer even need you? Replacing you with Copilot would be more capital-efficient.