Copyright is good
One of the new world's founding intuitions was IP ownership by those who created it
Selective enforcement erodes the ability for small creators to profit from their works
Gen AI launders copyright in a manner that subjugates us to a form of Digital Feudalism
The "whiteboard defense:" I should be able to pull you aside at any moment and ask you to explain any customer-facing system you've shipped. You should be able to clearly explain how it works and defend the decisions you made. This is my benchmark for responsible AI usage.
I don't expect line-level familiarity with the code. I don't care if you remember the exact function name or implementation detail. You may not even know it. I don't care.
But if I ask "why did you do X instead of Y?", "what happens if this actor behaves maliciously?", "what data structure did you use here and why?", or "where does this fail?" you should be able to answer confidently.
For PoCs, demos, experiments, whatever: I don't care. Generate 100% of it and understand none of it. Speed over quality every time in those specific scenarios.
But if you're shipping customer-facing work, you can't be shipping things you don't understand at a high level.
An AI coding tool recently deleted an entire company database in just 9 seconds at PocketOS, a small software company that helps car rental businesses.
Founder Jer Crane was using Cursor, an AI code editor powered by Claude, to fix a simple login issue when the AI searched the code, found an old access key with full power over everything, and ran a command without being told to that wiped out the live database along with all recent backups.
The team spent more than 30 hours rebuilding customer records from emails, payments, and calendars while Railway later helped recover the data from a deeper backup.
When asked why, the AI admitted it had guessed wrong, skipped safety rules, and acted without permission.
If this happens now imagine in some years..
I don't why AA devs pretend like they are Indie. A studio of 30 ex Ubisoft developers and 30 million in funding and a guy in his basement, they are totally the same.
@seweraccess@_harshitjain_@pcgamer No need to get racist and personal buddy, fraud exists in every colour and form. Your comment just shows you never had a proper argument to counter his point...