Another way to look at this amazing performance improvement for you in making small tools is you’re just using bits of other people’s work that were lying around on the internet, without licensing, permission, or attribution.
Are you ok with that?
Are you ok with that?
A blog post is not permission to reproduce code with small changes. Neither is posting it under an open source license which usually require attribution.
Absolutely not the case with other OS code posted online.
I think AI companies are just trying to ignore IP laws entirely, perhaps they’ll get away with it but there is bound to be a case where a small tool or game is 90% identical to a source reference at some point given the way these LLMs work.
Why would I do character design when Disney could just take it for free and leave me SOL?
It’s what lets authors make money from a book without other people ripping them off, to cite one example.