if the machine sees the same exact block of code hundreds of times, does that suggest to it that it's more acceptable to regurgitate the entire thing verbatim?
From a copyright standpoint, quite possibly. This is called the "Scènes à faire" doctrine. If there are some things that have to be there in a roughly standard form to do a standard job, that applies.
This would need to first be tested in court; apparently Microsoft is happy in generating thousands (or millions) of violations, knowing most programmers don't enforce their copyright.
From a copyright standpoint, quite possibly. This is called the "Scènes à faire" doctrine. If there are some things that have to be there in a roughly standard form to do a standard job, that applies.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sc%C3%A8nes_%C3%A0_faire