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fedi can you help a non-programmer identify signs of AI in repos? so far the ones I know are:
- AGENTS.MD or CLAUDE.MD
- copilot, claude, gemini etc under contributors
- unusually frequent releases
- very wordy changelogs with lots of emojis
any other obvious tells that don't involve understanding the code?
please boost lol
Mar 9 at 1:47pmWeb
Show thread[HANDMAIDEN] xanMar 9
@tibi2 tables. charts. flowcharts. so. many. fucking. tables.
Show threadtibiMar 9
@xan oh yeah I've seen those too, added to my list
Show thread[HANDMAIDEN] xanMar 9
@tibi2 Markdown tables and Mermaid charts are an instant "close tab" for me. like dawg, i'm not readin' that shit, and you sure aren't writing that shit either
Show threadCadenMar 9
@xan @tibi2 I mean I use this all the time: https://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables
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Show thread[HANDMAIDEN] xanMar 9
@tarix29 @tibi2 i have no particular beef with humans using tables, because they have the ability to judge when tables are the right way to present information
Show threadkabel42Mar 9
@tibi2 unnaturally pleasant(?) issues and commit messages "Sorry you are right"
Show threadtibiMar 9
@kabel42 yeah that's a good one. often peppered with the beloved em dash
Show threadkabel42Mar 9
@tibi2 maybe more generraly when something you would to be written by an engineer reads like it was written by a pr person?
Show threadPaul Wilde    Mar 9
@tibi2 blocking an AI things account will mean you see a banner across the top of any other repo's page if an AI thing has contributed to it, instead of having to look through the contributers
Show threadtibiMar 9
@paul yep I've seen this trick a while back, I blocked: claude, gemini-code-assist, code-assist-agents, cursoragent. would welcome any more for the list