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rhizome31 | 8 months ago

As a developer who doesn't use AI for coding, except for the occasional non-project specific question to a chat bot, I am wondering if you use it for client projects or only for your own projects. If you do use it for client projects, do you have some kind of agreement that you're going to share their code with a third-party? I'm asking because most clients will make you sign a contract saying that you shouldn't disclose any information about the project to a third-party. I even once had a client who explicitly stated that AI should not be used. Do you find clients willing to make an exception for AI coding agents?

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Macha|8 months ago

I basically only use it in the workplace, and largely because of one of those AI mandates.

I don't think it actually saves me enough time (or for many tasks, any time) so I wouldn't pay for it for my own projects, and also for my own projects, the enjoyability is a big factor, and I enjoy doing more than prompting.

rhizome31|8 months ago

Thank you for the reply. What do you mean by "AI mandates"? Does it mean your company has an explicit policy allowing sharing code with AI services?

cess11|8 months ago

No, I don't. This goes for internal projects as well, we're not going to share code unless payed to do so.

We commonly work with personal information so it would also introduce rather harsh legal risks if usian corporations could reach it.

dancek|8 months ago

I have a client that actively asks me to use AI more and more. They expect to get better quality code faster, ie. to reduce costs. (That's not my experience but that's beside the point).

internet_points|8 months ago

I don't share anything with openai/anthropic that I wouldn't feel comfortable pasting into a web search prompt.

rhizome31|8 months ago

So no AI autocomplete I suppose?

I assume AI autocomplete may send any part of your code base or even all of it to a third-party.