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Comment by naikrovek

3 months ago

you are not ... you don't have any part of your body in reality, do you? you have left the room.

If people training LLMs are excessively scraping GitHub, it is well within GitHub's purview to limit that activity. It's their site and it's up to them to make sure that it stays available. If that means that they curtail the activity of abusive users, then of course they're going to do that.

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1oooqooq  3 months ago

it was never about avoid scrapers. that's just the excuse. they own the scrapers too, remember.

why do you think before they blocked non logged in users from even searching? they need your data and they are getting it exactly in their terms. because as I've said, they have already won.

  • sebmellen  3 months ago

    Embrace, extend, extinguish.

    • naikrovek  3 months ago

      … I… what has been embraced, extended and extinguished?

      I see no MS or GitHub specific extension, here. Copilot exists, and so do many other tools. Copilot can use lots of non-Microsoft models, too, including models from non-Microsoft companies. You can also get git repository hosting from other companies. You can even do it yourself.

      So, explain yourself. What has been embraced, extended, and extinguished? Be specific. No “vibes”. Cite your sources or admit you have none. I see no extending unique to MS and I see no extinguishing. So explain yourself.

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