[jimmaswell]

Absolutely not. AI code generation is such a revolutionary boon already, the full potential of which has yet to be seen, that this kind of restriction would be unconscionable. Legally I hope it's found that AI needs no more permission to simply learn from something than a human does. In general I loathe the prospect od petty squabbling over warped perception over ownership of ideas getting in the way of progress.

[dns_snek]

What do copyright holders receive in return? I can get behind the appeal for technological advancement, but the only way this argument can be made in good faith is if we also mandate that any AI model trained on publicly available data be open sourced and released into public domain.

Maybe this would be an appropriate time to talk about abolishing copyright altogether rather than entertaining the idea of making exceptions for AI, i.e. tech oligopolies.