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Re:I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Inv... by kimbernator on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:07AM (#50005984)
There are three main categories of AI ethical dilemmas for me:

1. IP infringement

2. Climate impact

3. Cultural impact

I think that 2 & 3 apply to all AI right now - artistic, coding, writing, whatever. However, I don't think that #1 applies to everything. Code has been openly shared for as long as it's been possible to do so. There have probably been cases where AI trained on closed-source code, but I hardly believe that was ever necessary at any point to get where we are.

My point in saying this is that your critique of AI is valid but I think a little less so here.

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Re:I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Inv... by dimgl on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:08AM (#50005997)
#1 is way more concerning to me
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Re:I gave Opus 5.5 one prompt and six hours to visualize Inv... by kimbernator on Thursday October 08, 2026 @10:11AM (#50006034)
That's fine, I'm only making the point that it's not really relevant to coding. Programmers have been outright copying each other's code for decades to the chagrin of nobody.
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