Not to jump on the bandwagon to bash - but, to give another supporting perspective on this.
Even if it was an LLM, mistake or not, we shouldn’t support that either.
Silicon Valley has perpetrated en masse plagiarism and are telling us that it’s okay. And, they’re in the process of reselling our culture back to us. That’s… a problem.
Personally, I’ve been directly on the receiving end of plagiarism - where someone has stolen my published work to get an advanced university degree. My institution would do nothing about it and threatened to fire me if I kept pressing. It feels bad man - to have your work claimed by others and be normalized.
I generally give my stuff away - because I don’t care if someone copies it or learns from it. But, most people want to be recognized for their work, even if that doesn’t result in compensation. I feel good when someone uses something that I made. I’ll keep my copyright on things that I’ve put enough work into that I want to say, “I made that, isn’t it cool?”
I think that’s why so many people here in the Decker community are anti-AI/ML or are standing up for anti-plagiarism: it’s because we want to share - we want to see someone enjoy something we’ve made. And so, it feels awful when someone else claims your work as their own; LLMs or otherwise, no matter the circumstances.
Plagiarism should never be okay, no matter what form it comes in. Even if it’s a mistake, it’s wrong and we can say it’s wrong.