Now here's a question:

Suppose we trained the open AI model on the entire corpus of pop hits from about 1960 onwards.

What are the chances it would get sued for copyright infringement.

If the derivative nature is clear in the same model being trained on popular song, then it should be the same for code (or visual art, or a number of other domains).

Not arguing for current copyright law, just pointing out the inconsistencies.

For that matter, what would happen if you asked Copilot for a set of Java headers. Asking for a friend!