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by vouaobrasil 335 days ago
First of all, enable/disable is a dichotomy, and is not a set of two dichotomies.

Second, imagine an editor that has AI running in the background, scanning your files. "Enable_AI" could just mean enable the visibility of the feature to actually use the results. On the other hand, it would sound more suspicious if there were some background AI tasks running, even for training purposes, if "disable_AI" were "True" as compared to "Enable_AI" to be false.

In other words, Enable_AI COULD have the connotation (to some) of just enabling the visibility of the feature, whereas Disable_AI gives more of a sense of shutting it off.

Imagine for example you're in a court of law. Which one sounds more damning?

======= Prosecutor: You still have AI tasks running in the background but AI_Enable is set to false?

Defendent: But Enable_AI just means enabling the use of the output! ====

==== Prosecutor: You still have AI tasks running in the background, but AI_Disable is TRUE?

Defendent: Uh.... ====
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bheadmaster 335 days ago
> Enable_AI COULD have the connotation (to some) of just enabling the visibility of the feature, whereas Disable_AI gives more of a sense of shutting it off.

Personally, I don't feel much difference between the two. I doubt that an average reasonable person would either.

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vouaobrasil 335 days ago
Well, I do feel a distinct connotational difference, but then again, I could be the only one I suppose. And if the average person doesn't care, then why argue about it at all? And how many average people will be using Zed anyway?
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bheadmaster 334 days ago
> why argue about it at all

Because double negatives are confusing. Enable_AI = true is much clearer than Disable_AI = false.

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criddell 335 days ago
I don't buy your argument.

> ==== Prosecutor: You still have AI tasks running in the background, but AI_Disable is TRUE?

Defendent: But Disable_AI just means disabling the use of the output

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vouaobrasil 335 days ago
Well, I guess we'll see then. Or not.
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whilenot-dev 335 days ago
======= Prosecutor: You still have AI tasks running in the background but AI_Disable is set to true?

Defendent: But Disable_AI just means disabling the use of the output! ====

==== Prosecutor: You still have AI tasks running in the background, but AI_Enable is FALSE?

Defendent: Uh.... ====

...it cuts both ways, sorry.

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vouaobrasil 335 days ago
Perhaps. I could be the only one that senses a difference, but for those that hate AI like I do, "disable" sounds better than "enable".
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