Automatic Programming

Post by wernsey » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC

Craighead wrote: post #62

norir wrote: post #61

> I'm a programmer, and I use automatic programming. The code I generate in this way is mine. My code, my output, my production. I, and you, can be proud. I disagree. The code you wrote is a collaboration with the model you used. To frame it this way, you are taking credit for the work the model did on your behalf. There is a difference between I wrote this code entirely by myself and I wrote the code with a partner.…

How many JavaScript libraries does the average fortune 1000 developer invoke when programming?

Post by wernsey » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC

slim wrote: post #36

reidrac wrote: post #20

> Pre-training is, actually, our collective gift that allows many individuals to do things they could otherwise never do, like if we are now linked in a collective mind, in a certain way. Is not a gift if it was stolen. Anyway, in my opinion the code that was generated by the LLM is yours as long as you're responsible for it. When I look at a PR I'm reading the output of a person, independently of the tools that pers…

It is knowledge, it can't be stolen. It is stolen only in the sense of someone gatekeeping knowledge. Which is as a practice, the least we can say, dubious. because is math stolen ? if you stole math to build your knowledge on top of it, you own nothing and can claim to have been stolen yourself

Post by CraftingLinks » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC

kklisura wrote: post #142

pgwhalen wrote: post #140

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I think he would too, but they’re obviously not going to do that.

"OpenAI is exploring licensing models tied to customer outcomes, including pharma partnerships." [1] "OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar sketched a future in which the company's business models evolve beyond subscriptions and could include royalty streams tied to customer results." [1] "Speaking on a recent podcast, Friar floated the possibility of "licensing models" in which OpenAI would get paid when a customer's AI-enabled wo…

Post by CraftingLinks » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 4:08 PM UTC

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #43

antirez wrote: post #26

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You will say I programmed it, there is no longer for this distinction. But then you can add that you used automatic programming in the process. But shortly there will be no need to refer to this term similarly to how today you don't specify you used an editor...

(Yes?) but the editor isn't claiming to take your job in 5 years. Also I do feel like this is a very substantial leap. This is sort of like the difference between some and many. Your editor has some effect on the final result so crediting it/mentioning it doesn't really impact it (but people still do mention their editor choices and I know some git repo's with .vscode which can show that the creator used vscode, I am…

Post by asdflkasdgf » Sat, Jan 31, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #154

bko wrote: post #63

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I don't understand this perspective. Programmers often scoff at most other examples of intellectual property, some throwing it out all together. I remember reading Google vs Oracle where Oracle sued Google for stealing code to perform a range check, about about 9 lines long, used to check array index bounds. I guess the difference is AI companies bad? This is transformative technology creating trillions in value and…

Hot take: The Supreme Court should have sided with Oracle. APIs are a clear example of unique expression, and there is no statute exempting them specifically from copyright protection. If they are not protected by copyright, is anything really? What meaning has copyright law then?