> *the idea of ML is that the model doesn’t memorize specific answers, it learns...

> the idea of ML is that the model doesn’t memorize specific answers, it learns internal rules and higher-level representations

that's the idea, yeah, and it would've been great if that's how copilot worked all the time

as for the whataboutism, if developers copied copyrighted code, the rights holder has the right to go after them, too, if they so choose

the rights holder could also choose to go after only big companies that violate licenses egregiously, if they so choose

you know, common sense and nuance