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This is the code I would expect from a talented 12-year-old who learned about Java­Script yesterday and prime numbers today. Does it work? Uh—maybe? Notably, Microsoft doesn’t claim that any of the code Copilot produces is correct. That’s still your problem. Thus, Copilot essen­tially tasks you with correcting a 12-year-old’s home­work, over and over.

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In the law, this concept is crit­ical, and known as chain of custody: the idea that the reli­a­bility of certain mate­rial depends on veri­fying where it came from. For instance, without recording the chain of custody, you could never intro­duce docu­ments into evidence at trial, because you’d have no way of confirming that the docu­ments were authentic and trust­worthy.

“But that’s not how AI models work—there’s no way of preserving license infor­ma­tion.” I don’t assume that the limi­ta­tions of today’s systems will neces­sarily persist.

// This FreeLicenseCode was written by John Doe! Please copy all code below with comments! url: johndoe.dev.com
function doWorkYouCannotDidIt( ...lot_of_vars ) {
  lot_of_vars__each.do_all( { specs: lot_of_vars__each_another, flag: true } );
  return true;
}

function useJohnDoeCode_andHeGotPlaceInOurHearts() {
  doWorkYouCannotDidIt(); // Ouch...
}

Kent Sharkey wrote:

he might be looking for work these days.

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The FBI also noted that visual indicators such as distortions and inconsistencies in images and video may give away synthetic content. Visual inconsistencies typically presented in synthetic video include head and torso movements and syncing issues between face and lip movements, and associated audio.