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Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal | WIRED (www.wired.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Members of the software developer community have reported deleting or altering their posts to prevent them from being used by OpenAI.

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[–] jamyang@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What?

[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 39 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's an old, bad, joke on the two definitions of revolting.

[–] KamikazeRusher@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

I think it would’ve been funny if the title was “StackOverflow contributors are revolting” and the comment was “a little more than usual.”

But hey, gotta get whatever amount of humor in while you can.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

He's punning on the multiple meanings of "revolting".

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting Against an OpenAI Deal

Stack Overflow Users Are Revolting

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/revolting

Adjective

revolting (comparative more revolting, superlative most revolting)

repulsive, disgusting

The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.