Re:Should GitHub be sued for training Copilot on GPL code?
by greyface- on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:09AM
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Each search results page is novel and unique. Even two different users making the same query will get different results thanks to the "search personalization" Google is doing these days.
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Re:Should GitHub be sued for training Copilot on GPL code?
by dahfizz on Thursday June 23, 2022 @10:32AM
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Google search doesn't synthesize anything. It collects results and orders them according to an algorithm. Copilot and similar language models can synthesize new text. That's clearly different than just presenting existing text.
Re:Should GitHub be sued for training Copilot on GPL code?
by belorn on Friday June 24, 2022 @06:43AM
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Copilot can't create new novel concepts. In the end it is just an complex mathematical formula that return a set of code references with a set of length determined by the math.
The illusion of creativity is similar to that of technology. Sufficient advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, and sufficient advanced math is indistinguishable from intelligence. The relation between AI and math is the same as the relation between magic and technology.