Submitted by dadofbimbim t3_yejhi1 in technology
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[deleted] t1_ityl23j wrote
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agentfuzzy999 t1_ityl7cn wrote
Wait you guys are uploading working code?
yaosio t1_ityrt1x wrote
Bad code helps it too. The amount of data used to train a model is far more important than the size of the model. Just shove as much unique data in there as possible.
BCProgramming t1_iu0jgah wrote
Fill it with routines like AreaOfCircle(double radius) which return a string that is a base32 encoded PDF of the script of the Bee Movie
Scurro t1_iu1tysd wrote
while ($true){1/0}
My work here is done
Kidknudi t1_iu2crvi wrote
Yeah, to make a product (copilot) that people use and already love. So win win.
Robeleader t1_iu1pl4m wrote
Their new code AI definitely surprised me at their Ignite conference. Basically they have options to make code based on plain-spoken word problems as well as simply software proof-reading.
VietQuads t1_ityj8iv wrote
Was there an initial backlash to this acquisition?
9-11GaveMe5G t1_itym7qd wrote
Yes. It appears to be an unfounded one, but it's only unfounded till it isn't
tismij t1_ityq4sx wrote
Not unfounded, they use your code without asking.
Cookizza t1_ityxygs wrote
Damn, the last thing I want when I push my project to Github is someone to use it without asking. I'm out!
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anlumo t1_itz1esu wrote
They use GPL code for Copilot, which strips the license and just leaves the code to be used for whatever you want.
theschuss t1_itz9bzr wrote
Small snippets, and I believe they're in the process of cleaning up it's acquisition rules for training. There's a ton of legal precedent around small snippets of "obvious" code being unpatentable (think for loops or iterators)
anlumo t1_itz9xy7 wrote
That's not obvious code: https://twitter.com/DocSparse/status/1581402212319666176
HanzJWermhat t1_iu2qx8o wrote
Not true. Code is protected under IP copywriter law it’s basically treated like a book or piece of music. You have a responsibility to declare its license rights. By default I think it’s no rights even if the code is public. MS or anyone dumb enough to not check for open source licensing before using the code would open themselves up to absurd litigation l.
workworkworkworky t1_iu07q5t wrote
Oh, come on. Microsoft has never acquired a company and then drove it straight into the ground. cough Skype cough
ScrewedThePooch t1_iu4nv6a wrote
Skype is shit and always has been absolute garbage. Microsoft only made it worse, but it was never good.
rotipoeg t1_iu5wyqf wrote
Skype was actually quite decent for its time imo
BergaGaming t1_iu2gib6 wrote
I remember people moving to GitLab was a big thing back then
the_zelectro t1_itzypte wrote
I love github!!
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marxy t1_ityzast wrote
They are soaking up all of our data as they, no doubt, have with LinkedIn.
mrpoops t1_itz9w89 wrote
Love the paranoia.
They bought it to replace Azure DevOps…that’s it. That’s the actual reason.
That plan is gonna be far more profitable than web scraping shit code they could’ve mostly accessed freely anyway because most repos are public.
Gagarin1961 t1_ityhu55 wrote
Well yeah, now we know what they want it for. “Yessss, keep uploading all your code to our free service hosted on our servers so we can use it to train AI to code.”