In a way I'm glad that we started discourse on LLM use in Node.js core because it revealed to me that there are a lot more people who are not in AI hype-cycle than I previously thought. I'm now much more optimistic about the future of software engineering!
Consider this:
- 87.3% upvote ratio with 298 upvotes on /r/node
- 76.6% upvote ratio with 50 upvotes on /r/javascript (and I just posted it)
- Incredibly supportive comments on HN (!!!)
@indutny hey Fedor 👋🏼👋🏼 the one question I haven’t seen addressed is, if an LLM guaranteed to be solely trained on permissive license projects and produced only usable (legally) code, should that be allowed?
I Ask because I agree that the current PR doesn’t follow the DCO, but what if this “magic” LLM did?
Sorry if this was aked before but didnt see it anywhere
@pipeGutierrez great question! I'd be still against using it for different reasons (code quality, new contributor on-boarding and education).
That being said, I agree that ethical component of LLM-based contributions is a significant factor!
Fedor Indutny
Pipe Gutierrez