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> Even if it is a copyright violation, that is one out of, IDK, millions, maybe billions already of Copilot completions? Are you saying that because there are
by jonathankoren 4y ago
> Even if it is a copyright violation, that is one out of, IDK, millions, maybe billions already of Copilot completions?
Are you saying that because there are millions of copyright violations, Copilot is too big to fail? Or are you’d saying that Copilot is too big to be held accountable for flagrant violations of the law?
I guarantee Copilot’s developers knew it was spitting out verbatim code. It’s too obvious, and probably would result in a perfect rating for the prompt.
- nearbuy 4y agoI interpreted it as them saying only a tiny, tiny fraction of Copilot completions violate copyright.
- jonathankoren 4y agoYeah, but that doesn’t matter does it? That’s like saying, “Well, your honor, most of my cars aren’t stolen vehicles.”
- nearbuy 4y agoYeah, degree generally matters. Airplane flights rarely kill people, so we allow them. If 50% of flights resulted in death, we would not. Google searches rarely illegally return copyrighted content, so it's allowed. The Pirate Bay searches often return copyrighted content, so regulators keep shutting it down. Stealing a car is a large degree of crime for an individual. If they had stolen a penny, it would be a small degree of crime and we'd be more willing to let it slide.