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Copilot is great and this is a waste of time.

by rafaelero 4y ago

yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
Being a useful tool doesn't make it legal.
- rafaelero 4y ago
  Technical progress takes precedence over pitiful intelectual property discussions. If you don't believe that, I am not sure what you are doing in a community like this.
  - qu4z-2 4y ago
    Being a hacker?
  - yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
    > Technical progress takes precedence over pitiful intelectual property discussions. Let's pretend for a moment that your value judgement is reasonable and the advancement of technology should reign supreme over minor things like rule of law. Do you really think that letting people ignore copyright is always good for technical progress? Say, letting people use GPL code in proprietary code that they then refuse to share with others? Because that sounds questionable even if we agree with your casual disregard for the law. > If you don't believe that, I am not sure what you are doing in a community like this. Being interested in tech without being a fan of breaking the law and running roughshod over other people's work.
    - rafaelero 4y ago
      > Do you really think that letting people ignore copyright is always good for technical progress? Only in very, very, very, very specific circumstances would I say it is not good. And they involve thinking about the counterfactual: "would this thing be created if there wasn't intellectual rights in place"? Code doesn't pass this test because people enjoy writing and sharing code. Pharmaceuticals, maybe.
  - trention 4y ago
    You are not the authority on what this (or any other) community is about. Fetishizing "progress" (whatever you think this means) is next level idiocy.
    - rafaelero 4y ago
      You guys are trying to halt the very thing that will allow us to generate intelligent agents and hugely boost human productivity and I am the idiot.
      - trention 4y ago
        "Generating intelligent agents" is not a worthwhile (or safe, in any meaning of the latter) goal. I don't want anybody being able to generate "intelligent agents" and will support all legal changes likely to slow this down or halt it.
- ynbl_ 4y ago

Copilot is great and this is a waste of time.

yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago

Being a useful tool doesn't make it legal.

rafaelero 4y ago
Technical progress takes precedence over pitiful intelectual property discussions. If you don't believe that, I am not sure what you are doing in a community like this.
- qu4z-2 4y ago
  Being a hacker?
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y ago
  > Technical progress takes precedence over pitiful intelectual property discussions. Let's pretend for a moment that your value judgement is reasonable and the advancement of technology should reign supreme over minor things like rule of law. Do you really think that letting people ignore copyright is always good for technical progress? Say, letting people use GPL code in proprietary code that they then refuse to share with others? Because that sounds questionable even if we agree with your casual disregard for the law. > If you don't believe that, I am not sure what you are doing in a community like this. Being interested in tech without being a fan of breaking the law and running roughshod over other people's work.
  - rafaelero 4y ago
    > Do you really think that letting people ignore copyright is always good for technical progress? Only in very, very, very, very specific circumstances would I say it is not good. And they involve thinking about the counterfactual: "would this thing be created if there wasn't intellectual rights in place"? Code doesn't pass this test because people enjoy writing and sharing code. Pharmaceuticals, maybe.
- trention 4y ago
  You are not the authority on what this (or any other) community is about. Fetishizing "progress" (whatever you think this means) is next level idiocy.
  - rafaelero 4y ago
    You guys are trying to halt the very thing that will allow us to generate intelligent agents and hugely boost human productivity and I am the idiot.
    - trention 4y ago
      "Generating intelligent agents" is not a worthwhile (or safe, in any meaning of the latter) goal. I don't want anybody being able to generate "intelligent agents" and will support all legal changes likely to slow this down or halt it.
ynbl_ 4y ago