> Copilot itself is a commercial product that is built a body of training data, even though it is completely different from that data. It’s clearly “transformat

> Copilot itself is a commercial product that is built a body of training data, even though it is completely different from that data. It’s clearly “transformative.” Is it, though? The article wrestles with the notion of the gap between "idea" and "expression." To me, I wonder if this is the same gap. The training data is equivalent to the "idea," and the output of using that training data in a particular way is the "expression." In this view, the result of your training isn't transformative, and it might not even something you can claim copyright over. What is it other than a particular arrangement of facts that have been feed into it? Merely adding weights in a highly dimensional space does not seem "transformative." This article feels like it's wrestling with the wrong side of the problem.