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Debian Votes To Allow "Responsible Use Of Generative AI"
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Not at all, because it's impossible to know for sure if committed code had some form of AI generated parts, AI assisted review, prototyping, etc.
By making it mandatory you can potentially alienate good developers who may feel their work ethics would be scrutinized negatively (like in these comments).
If you're happy to use AI tools to develop, why would you not be happy to declare your use of those tools?
"Happy" is an odd choice of words here.
An LLM is just a tool. Some iterations have some value in some circumstances. In those cases it's fine. But look around at the comments here and you'll see many people basically accusing Debian of selling out. If a dev sees that reaction then they may not want to disclose their own use of LLMs.
Why would you not want to disclose though? Is it because of shame? Because you are unable to defend your choice? If it's "just a tool", is that not enough to defend your choice?
To be clear: the alternative policy we're talking about isn't "LLMs are bad, don't use them", it's "Let us know when you are using LLMs"
Yes, and because people might be afraid there going to be attacked for using it.
But this is impossible to enforce.
this comment feels very reminiscent of the recent "if it was opt in nobody would opt in"
Sure. That's what this is. Pointing out that a computer program can be used as a tool is definitely a parallel to privacy violations.