Reminds me of Zed's setting { "disable_ai": true } [1]

Glad it's an option be it for regulatory compliance, security, privacy, or any combination of the three.

[1]: https://zed.dev/blog/disable-ai-features

Firefox also has a setting like this, although I think it's even nicer in that it makes everything (current and future) AI default to opt-out, but still lets you opt in to specific use cases if you want.

	▲	troad 40 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Firefox took an awfully long time to get that global setting. It was clear that Mozilla Corp hoped they might be able to push AI services as a revenue generator, before the AI pushback.

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giancarlostoro 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Zed is one of the best editors I've ever seen, I always worried the mention of AI would put off people who are missing out on a truly amazing editor.

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z3c0 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It did, verifiably here. Based on their own marketing, I thought it an alternative to Codex, not Codium.

Knowledge of this setting has shifted my perspective considerably.

edit: not enough to ditch Sublime, however.

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ModernMech 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The thing that really puts people off about Zed is "VC-funded"

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nathanmills 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hacker News is not for you then.

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boringg 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There is a healthy dose of VC skepticism here. HN is here for that.

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dmoy 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I think they meant that ycombinator is literally a VC shop

So if being VC funded puts you off an editor, being VC funded may also put you off ycombinator.com

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ModernMech 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, indeed it does. I didn't feel this way until I worked for a YC-backed startup tho. I mean, YC is the first to admit that not everything needs to be VC funded and some things just aren't good fit for that funding model. I think a code editor is one of them.

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giancarlostoro an hour ago | parent | next [-]

> I mean, YC is the first to admit that not everything needs to be VC funded and some things just aren't good fit for that funding model. I think a code editor is one of them.

Fully agree. I also feel like a lot of companies do not need to be on the stock market, especially if they're reasonably profitable, feels like the stock market is where you go to let go of more of your company just to get rid of the VCs whom you owe a lot of money to.

	▲	ModernMech 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I remember when I was learning about entrepreneurship in college I was baffled by their insistence of an “exit strategy”. The idea just seemed so foreign to me. See I naively thought the point of starting a business was to do the business, not to not do it and sit next to a pile of money instead. Silly me.

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dlenski 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Yes, indeed it does. I didn't feel this way until I worked for a YC-backed startup tho.

Same, same.

Nothing made me skeptical about the tech industry like working for a VC-backed startup. Ugh.

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esseph 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's rare to find so many grazing in their natural habit, so it's a great place for vc-watching.

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sieabahlpark 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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SamuelAdams an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

VSCode has this too: chat.disableAIFeatures

Sources:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46501220

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_104#_hide-and-disab...