[nilshauk]

So happy to learn of this and I wish them best of luck in their efforts. And I'm surprised to find so many people klinging to Copilot.

We shouldn't shed any tears for a megacorporation which shows such blatant disregard for the licensed works of people's labour.

Yes, AI is here to stay but we should be able to build AI that respects copyright. Yes, it's easier to just steal data and call it fair use. Whether or not that's stealing will be interesting to try in court.

[i_like_apis]

Foolish take. If ML training is not fair use then all ML progress is dead in the water.

ML training is akin to reading or learning, and licenses do not apply to that.

You’re not thinking past “megacorp = bad”.

[nilshauk]

AI progress won't be dead in the water if it respects copyright laws. Yes, being free to just freely grab any data is infinitely easier. But having to rely on properly licensed datasets or asking users for consent should be the norm for ML development IMHO.

Also, If we had trained some A.I. on the Windows codebase and started freely using suggestions given by it I bet Microsoft would scream copyright infringement in a heartbeat.