daniel:// stenberg://Mar 18

"I'm concerned about LLM code in #curl and would like to suggest a code ban"

https://github.com/curl/curl/discussions/20972

I'm concerned about LLM code in curl and would like to suggest a code ban (please note this doesn't concern LLM-based code reviews) · curl curl · Discussion #20972

I'm concerned about generative AI LLM code in curl, including AI auto completion use in editors, and I'm wondering whether the project should adopt a policy to ban it. Please note this doesn't invo...

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@bagder i feel like “pretty please don’t use LLMs” is not too bad a policy imo:

  • it shows the project values human contributors, which should help attracting human contributors
  • it implies that nobody will be there to help you untangle LLM spagetti and you can’t hide behind your AI’s output
  • it makes it more likely that knowing LLM-user will pick another project to contribute to
  • IANAL, but it may help the project legaly defend itself if plagiarised code is submitted and merged, it shows an attempt at avoiding plagiarised code

    • though, maybe being more explicit about the goals rather than “pretty please don’t use LLMs” may be better!

    Mar 18 at 8:31amWeb