Huh, seems like one of those "Waffle House now offers CHOCOLATE syrup in addition to cheap maple-flavored syrup, NEVER EATING THERE AGIAN!!" kind of issues.

I noticed the AI feature in the latest update to iTerm2, but it wasn't turned on by default, and I didn't turn it on, so...

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Nailed it. I thought, “huh, interesting, won’t use it, next item…” and moved on. I was surprised at the firestorm.

Gell-Mann Amnesia effect but for software instead of journalism

Pretty ridiculous controversy. Opt-in feature, disabled until you paste your own OpenAI API key on it.

Not to mention that you need to interact with it every time you use it, sheesh.

The Mastodon mobs who brigaded the issue tracker were squarely in the fringe, frowned upon by pretty much everyone else...