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Derivative works can also run afoul of copyright. An LLM trained on a corpus of copyrighted code is creating derivative works no matter how obscure the process
by kevin_thibedeau 8mo ago
Derivative works can also run afoul of copyright. An LLM trained on a corpus of copyrighted code is creating derivative works no matter how obscure the process is.
- wareya 8mo agoThis actually isn't what legal precedent currently says. The precedent is currently looking at actual output, not models being tainted. If you think this is morally wrong, look into getting the laws changed (serious).
- Georgelemental 8mo agoWhat about a human trained on having 30 years of experience working with copyrighted codebases?
- mftrhu 8mo agoSaid human would likely not be able to create a clean-room implementation of any of the codebases they worked on.
- aeon_ai 8mo agoJudge Alsup -- U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Anthropic made "fair use" of books, deeming it "exceedingly transformative." "Like any reader aspiring to be a writer, Anthropic's LLMs trained upon works not to race ahead and replicate or supplant them — but to turn a hard corner and create something different"
- danlitt 8mo agoThis quote is both funny and sad. It reads like an advertisement.