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jonfw on July 8, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: All public GitHub code was used in training Copilo...

I agree that it's nuanced and it's difficult to draw the line. but where copilot sits is way over on the plagiarizing side of the spectrum. Wherever we agree to draw the line, copilot should definitely fall on the wrong side of it

Copilot will replicate entire functions, including comments, from licensed code

kevincox on July 8, 2021 [–]

> but where copilot sits is way over on the plagiarizing side of the spectrum

I think it is important to point out that not all Copilot output is on the plagiarizing side of the spectrum. However it does on occasion produce plagiarized code. And most importantly there is no indication when this occurs.

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