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Comment by mr_toad | original | All AI-generated code should be Open Source
[−]mr_toad · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:28 UTC · link
Your first cited article doesn’t necessarily support the idea that agentic code generation is copyrightable.

“A Single Piece of American Cheese sits between those contrasting poles: the initial image was created entirely by the AI program based on a brief text prompt, then the user repeatedly selected elements of the image and used additional prompts to add/alter elements.”

Agentic development is steadily reducing the necessity for human involvement in the final output.