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[–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If it's vibe coded, the person who wrote the prompt had minimal impact on the output. They can't, because they don't understand how it works. Their contribution is primarily limited to 1. writing a spec, which is often laughably vague, 2. testing the output to see if it works, and 3. if it doesn't work right, telling the AI to fix the problems.

This was also in response to the 'trust me bro' snide comment. I'm not going to go into detail for something that is practically sealioning.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    That's really going to depend on how strictly you define "vibe coded". If that means that someone put in a single prompt and the LLM spit out an entire program, then yes, I doubt that would be copyrightable.

    However, if the person "vibe coding" does understand how to program, and they use multiple prompts and organize the code to make a working product, then the code could be copyrightable by compilation:

    https://www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright-and-Artificial-Intelligence-Part-2-Copyrightability-Report.pdf

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    That's a real big 'if'. Someone who understands and shapes the code isn't really vibe coding. I might still not agree with what they're doing, but it's not vibe coding if they can take responsibility for every line of code produced.

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