StephanieI've seen themes of people talking about how AI slop is causing a lot of demoralization and inefficiencies in open source and is ultimately disincentivizing contributors and communities to stick around (e.g. most recently saw news of Jazzband shutting down). Wondering if anyone's been thinking about or has already started collaborative groups organized around advocating for systemic ways to mitigate the negative impacts, e.g. petitions, conversations with relevant stakeholders, etc? #opensource
ɗ𐐩ʃƕρʋ@stephanie The US, which is where the worst of it is coming from, broke every single treaty it has ever signed. How do you negotiate with something like that?
@deshipu I think it's fair to feel powerless in the face of a tough challenge. Regardless of origin, the difficulty of the issue is exactly what has me extra curious if there are existing groups focused on the sources and leverage points rather than the reactive solutions (which are also helpful but not likely to stop the firehose). Not sure the "how"s of reducing AI slop, but I'm sure there are many tools in the tool belt of advocacy to explore
@stephanie Historically, firebombing was always pretty effective.
Ax=b@stephanie not yet, but I'm trying to compile a list of policies by different OS projects to at least understand how people are reacting to this: https://github.com/melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
GitHub - melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies: A list of policies by different open source projects about how to engage with AI-generated contributions.
A list of policies by different open source projects about how to engage with AI-generated contributions. - melissawm/open-source-ai-contribution-policies
@melissawm ooh, what a great idea; that looks so helpful!