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KDE is actively proposing a Pro-AI contribution policy, with most rejecting any suggestions for AI use to be disclosed, or any consideration for environmental concerns (invent.kde.org)
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Direct link to the LLM Policy Discussion: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/work_items/187

And all of this is coming right after the debacle with an AI slop project being allowed to give a presentation at Akademy, and the person asking how this was allowed being blocked by KDE:

https://lemmy.nz/post/42029517

as well as the discussion thread bringing up legitimate concerns about AI usage being closed:

https://discuss.kde.org/t/sorry-to-bring-up-a-contentious-topic-kde-ai-llm-policy/46333/164

As someone who genuinely loves KDE, and has even donated to the project multiple times, I sadly have to accept that the majority of KDE have hopped onto the Pro-AI train, and they will not be dissuaded otherwise.

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[-] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Most of it was already slop. It's had things shoehorned into it by shouty managers decades ago.

Manager: You have to get this done by end of week...

Dev: itll be really shitty and kind of work. Can we clean it up after?

Manager: of course!

Dev: its done, we can ship it. Ill start cleaning it up.

Manager: No, you need to do this other thing by tomorrow!

Ive had some good ones that did honor the agreement when pushed to rush things, but its not common.

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