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Re:GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion by lolc on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @09:07AM (#33261567)
The issue as described by the original poster was that the code was not executed but displayed. They read it and understood how it works. This set them on a trajectory to try it themselves. This is how they started. Maybe a book was involved at a later stage.

Sure, you can argue that they were not supposed to read the code, so they shouldn't have. But without some tangible harm I don't see why we're supposed to disapprove of it. Maybe allow some hacker spirit while posting on Hacker News :-)

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Re:GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion by bamboozled on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @08:56PM (#33269670)
I’ve done similar things in the past so I said I’m not judging them, but after some time working with computers myself I’ve become more compassionate and I think the better thing to do is help a fellow sys admin and report the problem. That’s the hacker spirit.
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