Emacs turns 50, and its oldest users now ask an AI to rewrite their editor (technologyreview.com)
Emacs began as TECO macros at MIT's AI Lab, and Richard Stallman's decision to ask users to send improvements back led, via commercial resale of the editor, to the GNU Project.
One long-time user now describes his AI assistant as a fairy that can fulfill any wish for his config; another says Claude replaced the editor entirely.
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