Is code generated by chat GPT plagiarism?

Question

I’m noticing chat gpt can spit out the code to an entire Home Screen or landing page, or even generate movement/physics/collision with a simple prompt. Are there any legal restrictions against this? Or is this the new way these days?

Answer 1

Purely from legal perspective, it depends. The whole thing is one large gray area, and there is still quote a bit of uncertainty about who owns the code and such.

First of all, whether u own the code that was generated by ai depends on local laws, but usually (in us for example), ur ownership of the code depends on contribution to the code. There are no specifics or legal precidents as of yet (i believe), but generally if code was mostly ai generated with little to no human contribution, u can not claim copyright on the code. But with generated parts of code or ai-powered help like copilot, you can.

But usually big models (and especially paid ones) specifically allow u to claim any code as ur own (as terms of service). However, for example, if u are using model that was paid by ur company or educational institution, they own all generated code and not you.

There is also a question of code that was infriged upon due to how these models learn. There are still lawsuits pending in regards to that...

Answer 2

with enough $$ and government influence, big corporations can do almost anything. they use you, charge you money and sue you. but not the other way around. you can try, but your chances of winning is minimal.

it's the society we live in. the sad thing is that people support these things. human greed over moral values.

we are also often forced or tricked to sign away our rights when we use tools and services.

the system is set up for exploitation. when ideals clash with capitalism, capitalism often wins.

Answer 3

But from general perspective, AI is not as powerful as it appears. Even if u create an application that you desire (and somehow avoid bugs, security issues and make the application how you want it), that's where that ends. AI will not help you much with maintaining code, introducing new specific features (especially if code is large, it will likely screw up quite badly), scaling, optimization, etc.

There are also a lot of limitations on what it can work with. It works best with languages and tools that are very popular, like python and web-dev stuff. If you try to use it with lesser used or obsecure languages/tools, u will encounter a lot more bugs, security flows and generated code that is just broken. And even if u are just trying to make a webpage or smth, it will be the most ordinary, templated webpage ever. If you want something specific, something unique, u will have to do it urself.

As for physics/collisions, ai can spew out basic stuff, but can not really complex code that would be used in games.