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There is the clean room problem though. If a human reads GPL code and outputs a recreation of that code (derivative work) using what they learned - that is illegal. If an AI reads GPL code and outputs a recreation of that code using what it "learned" - it's not illegal? If that is the case, then copyright holds no weight any more. I should be allowed to train an LLM on decompiled firmware (say, Playstation, Switch, i…
> If that is the case, then copyright holds no weight any more. I should be allowed to train an LLM on decompiled firmware (say, Playstation, Switch, iPhone) in countries where decompilation is legal - then have the LLM produce equivalent firmware that I later use to build an emulator (or competing open source firmware). It's funny you mention that, because one of the biggest fair use cases that effectively cemented…
- The ROM was used to build the emulator (which didn't include the ROM but was only able to use it like any other hardware)
- Then the ROM was used to derive a specification and do A/B testing on (similar to Phoenix BIOS), and a different team coded a replacement ROM
There is no cleanroom inside an LLM.