ELI5 why the AI companies can’t just clone the git repos and do all the slicing and dicing (running git blame etc.) locally instead of running expensive queries on the projects’ servers?
Takes more effort and results in a static snapshot without being able to track the evolution of the project. (disclaimer: I don’t work with ai, but I’d bet this is the reason and also I don’t intend to defend those scraping twatwaffles in any way, but to offer a possible explanation)
ELI5 why the AI companies can’t just clone the git repos and do all the slicing and dicing (running
git blameetc.) locally instead of running expensive queries on the projects’ servers?Because that would cost you money, so just “abusing” someone else’s infrastructure is much cheaper.
Takes more effort and results in a static snapshot without being able to track the evolution of the project. (disclaimer: I don’t work with ai, but I’d bet this is the reason and also I don’t intend to defend those scraping twatwaffles in any way, but to offer a possible explanation)
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