I do not agree with Github's use of copyrighted code as training for Copilot
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Your mom
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#5This is a hell of a Pandora’s box that’s being cracked open here.
Interesting times ahead. For example, if you believe these kinds of tools will become a huge competitive advantage, and that the inclusion of GPL code is a meaningful force multiplier, it kind of implies the fusion of AI code generation and the GPL will eat the world.
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#6Lets face, gitlab and github valuation is based on future “ai” code autogens.
Brave new world
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#7It's kind of interesting how quickly sentiment turned negative. The original feature showcase/announcement post was full of excitement by HN (which is kind of strange, if you think about how skeptical the HN crowd is towards AI/ML and automation of programming) but it hasn't been a week and people are already talking about the questionable ethics and potentially disastrous consequences of using the feature.
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#8While I understand the sentiment wasn’t Copilot trained on code not only hosted on GitHub, but found all over the Internet? Which means hosting your code yourself would not prevent GitHub from using it to train Copilot. That raises an interesting question though - how do you opt out? Is there even a way to do it?
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#9Are people angry at copyright violations, or Microsoft? Copyright and patents have their place, but they've clearly overreached long ago.
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#10Some unknown person is trying to get some hype on “cancel github” cry.
I don't give a shit about the Copilot, but I care even less about Rian Hunter and his statements.