If people have been using grok free for their work stuff then it will have been training from it. This email will likely get a lot of people fired if they have been using it on commercially sensitive codebases. So maybe frame it in terms of ‘using it on my personal projects’. Which is what hopefully people have been doing. And plus this email says to a boss ‘wow I can sack ten of your colleagues if you can do 100x’. I mean - this is one of the most thoughtless posts I have seen in a while. Might even get you into trouble. I’d suggest retracting it. Love the product. Not so much the recklessness.
I would hope that everyone would follow their company's policy on AI before using any new tool. And in that sense, this post could apply to any AI model you're using in your day-to-day - even if those are "approved" by your company.
I also disagree with the assertion that THIS will be the thing that makes a manager think, "Oh AI can replace people." I would assert that managers are _already_ thinking that, and bringing to their attention how AI and humans can work together to get more done would actually have a "reality" impact on their thinking. Bad managers won't be emboldened any more by this email than they already are from the hype cycle in the media, but good managers will be able to see how they can embrace AI as a tool rather than a replacement for people.
I don't think developers will be replaced by AI, but I do think a developer using AI will replace one who isn't. So if you're using AI today, your company should be paying for it.
How to use the Grok Code Fast free trial?
"Your Kilo Code balance is low"
"Check to see if you can top up with free credits or purchase some more!"
Sometimes if your balance is actually at or below $0 this mesage happens.
Can you email hi@kilocode.ai with your Kilo email address and we'll get you sorted.
If people have been using grok free for their work stuff then it will have been training from it. This email will likely get a lot of people fired if they have been using it on commercially sensitive codebases. So maybe frame it in terms of ‘using it on my personal projects’. Which is what hopefully people have been doing. And plus this email says to a boss ‘wow I can sack ten of your colleagues if you can do 100x’. I mean - this is one of the most thoughtless posts I have seen in a while. Might even get you into trouble. I’d suggest retracting it. Love the product. Not so much the recklessness.
I would hope that everyone would follow their company's policy on AI before using any new tool. And in that sense, this post could apply to any AI model you're using in your day-to-day - even if those are "approved" by your company.
I also disagree with the assertion that THIS will be the thing that makes a manager think, "Oh AI can replace people." I would assert that managers are _already_ thinking that, and bringing to their attention how AI and humans can work together to get more done would actually have a "reality" impact on their thinking. Bad managers won't be emboldened any more by this email than they already are from the hype cycle in the media, but good managers will be able to see how they can embrace AI as a tool rather than a replacement for people.
I don't think developers will be replaced by AI, but I do think a developer using AI will replace one who isn't. So if you're using AI today, your company should be paying for it.