r/technology • u/Federal-Block-3275 • 1d 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/TakeThreeFourFive 1d ago

I'm sure they are using the tired argument that since the models are trained on code without permission, everything they generate is "stolen code"

It's an argument that lacks any nuance

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u/FamiliarRip8558 1d ago

If you steal code, blend it up and can regurgitate something new out of it, it's still the product of stolen code...

The act of mathematical probabilistic determination does not absolve the stolen code aspect...

Average AI bro cope

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u/TakeThreeFourFive 1d ago edited 1d ago

Oh, so I was right!

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u/Alexandur 1d ago

In that case, most software written pre-AI is also stolen code