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AI coders are carrying half-open laptops through airports, offices, and ice rinks (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/aicoding@programming.dev
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[–] 24 points 3 months ago (1 child)

And those great AI coders can't even configure what their laptop does, when they close the lid?

That's the most stupid approach I've ever heard

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    In fairness company security policies likely force the machine to sleep when the lid is closed, or as the very least lock the screen.

    What they would do is have the agent running in a VM somewhere so they can close the lid and the work continues elsewhere not locally.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    Ok, yeah, company policies locking the options is a thing, true

    Being self employed it seems I've lost touch a bit, how stupid those policies can be

    Still, locking shouldn't quit the tasks - or does it on windows?
    At least with i3lock nothing gets disturbed. At least I haven't seen it yet

    But yeah, company policies are often very counter productive - and as we see here, when people leave their laptop open and accessible all the time, also not really secure
    I'm currently in the 3rd change of VPN tech, because the customer thinks, that's better.
    And it only is getting worse with more proprietary software...

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    • [–] [S] 11 points 3 months ago

    This behaviour sounds a lot like addiction. It has been argued that AI coding tools may be triggering the same dopamine loops as slot machines.

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    [–] 9 points 3 months ago*

    My programs keep running when I lock the screen. Works on any modern OS. Not sure about Windows, I don't use that weird system. But Linux and macOS keep AI agents running. (And all these allow to configure the device not to sleep when the lid is closed.)

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    [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Why don't they run the AI tool through a virtual machine on a computer at their houses that is always online? Just tunnel into a home computer that is good at running the software and won't be affected by you having poor internet service.

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