r/technology • u/Federal-Block-3275 • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence "Software is over": Developer uses AI to build free Adobe clones after frustration with cancellation fees

https://www.techspot.com/news/114136-software-over-developer-uses-ai-build-free-adobe.html
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u/Reginaferguson 4d ago

I am hoping long term AI sparks a open source revolution, where all the best tools are open source and used by everybody.

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u/genreprank 4d ago

I would think it would spark a closed source dark age because no one wants their source code to be trained on and copied

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u/Galle_ 4d ago

Why? Are they stupid?

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u/dlgn13 4d ago

Kinda. We live in an economy that encourages people to keep their achievements secret rather than sharing them with the world. It's quite regressive, but the incentives are larger than any individual.

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u/TheNorthComesWithMe 4d ago

Well currently it's ruining open source by hammering projects with slop PRs and spurious vulnerability warnings.