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Linux 7.4 Sound Changes Merged: "The AI Flood Continues"
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What specifically is slop about the 7.4 sound changes?
I didn't say 7.4 is slop. You spoke against people who are anti-slop, which generally suggests pro-slop.
So, what is the "actually pro slop" part of original comment? It sounds like the poster just said something against hype culture (either pro or anti) and you jumped to default trash mode.
What is the actual complaint (if any) that you have?
They're talking about people who are "anti AI slop" which is a weird stance to take. Slop bad. LLMs are just tools, which can be misused, but slop always bad.
What's weird is it isn't even about AI generated code, but the disclosure of it via tag. It's kinda redundantly stupid given the same PR with or without the tag is still subject to the same review process.
Slop code (AI or human generated) gets eliminated at that point. There is no practical reason for people to throw a tantrum over this. The argument I know someone will try to make is that there are too many AI PRs and they need a way to distinguish from them. The problem is that just means the review process is "What flair did you use?" which is not a process at all.
I think some punctuation would have made his sentence make more sense. I think he was saying, a lot of the anti AI stuff that is made, is slop in its own right, and he can't wait for it to stop.