misk@piefed.social to Opensource@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agoAsahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Codeitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1273arrow-down12 cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
arrow-up1271arrow-down1external-linkAsahi Linux Drops MIT and Goes Full GPL After AI Tools Were Used to Steal Unreleased Codeitsfoss.commisk@piefed.social to Opensource@programming.devEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square88linkfedilink cross-posted to: linux@programming.dev
minus-squarem532@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoWhy would it match? There’s thousands of ways to program any feature, the chance that it would be the same is tiny.
minus-squareKissaki@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoCopied code often matches, often look the same.
minus-squarem532@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoWhy would a AI user copy the code though? They can just launder it through intelligence (brain and artificial both work) and the code will look different, but do the same. For actual copying they wouldn’t need AI. They would just need “git clone”.
Why would it match? There’s thousands of ways to program any feature, the chance that it would be the same is tiny.
Copied code often matches, often look the same.
Why would a AI user copy the code though? They can just launder it through intelligence (brain and artificial both work) and the code will look different, but do the same.
For actual copying they wouldn’t need AI. They would just need “git clone”.