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Seems like a fake problem. Who would sue QEMU for using AI-generated code? OpenAI? Anthropic?

• ethbr1 1y ago
  Anyone whose code is in a used model's training set.* This is about future existential tail risk, not current risk. * Depending on future court decisions in different jurisdictions
  • olalonde 1y ago
    Again, seems so implausible that it's not worth worrying about.
    • ethbr1 1y ago
      Were you around for SCO? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SCO%E2%80%93Linux_disputes#Timeline https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_SCO%E2%80%93Linu... IP disputes aren't trivial, especially for shoestring-funded OSS.
    • consp 1y ago
      It is implausible until it isn't and qemu is taking a very cheap and easy step to outright ban it and covering their ass just in case. The threat is low plausibility but high risk and thus a valid one to consider.
      • olalonde 1y ago
        I disagree. Open source projects routinely deal with far greater risk, like employees contributing open source code on company time without explicit authorization. Yet they generally allow code from anyone without much verification (some have a contributor agreement but it's based on trust, there's no actual verification). I stand by my 2022 prediction[0]: no one will get sued for using LLM-generated code. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31849027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31849027