I understand the concern and think it can even be broadened. Generative AI also threatens the pay and livelihood of graphic designers, artists, journalists, cop

I understand the concern and think it can even be broadened. Generative AI also threatens the pay and livelihood of graphic designers, artists, journalists, copywriters -- people who tend to be far more poorly paid than tech workers already. This application of generative AI to code-writing is really just automation coming home to roost. The question is, why should software engineers represent some special protected class from the dangers of automation? I guess my point is there has to be some consistent standard here. Software engineers have no greater claim to their public-facing work than writers and artists, and are paid far more. If there's an argument to exclude open-source code from training sets there should also be an argument to exclude essays and journalism, digital drawings, and music from such training sets.