CS 133: Disabling AI-assisted coding in Visual Studio Code

If you use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS Code) as your IDE, please be aware that many of its AI features (including automatic as-you-type code completion and code generation) are enabled by default in recent versions. You'll want to disable these features for this course.

Disabing the AI Features

If you have it, please:

• Disable or uninstall the IntelliCode extension. This might have been added automatically by the Extension Pack for Java. Go to the same "Extensions" view on the left-hand side bar of VS Code. Under the "Installed" section, scroll to find the IntelliCode extension and click the "Disable" or "Uninstall" button.
• Disable or uninstall GitHub Copilot. Go to the same "Extensions" view as before, and click the "Disable" or "Uninstall" button.
• Disable Chat. Open VS Code's Settings by clicking "Code" in the top menu bar, then "Settings...", then "Settings". In the search box that appears, type "disable ai". One of the results should be something like "Chat: Disable AI features"; ensure the checkbox is checked.

Note that you may need to restart VS Code for these changes to take effect.