the moral arguments against using AI for open source development are just too large to ignore.

https://kusma.xyz/blog/2026/03/26/open-source-and-ai/

Our entire ecosystem is on the line here. Not just the open source ecosystem, but the entire, global ecosystem. And I feel there’s not enough voices speaking up about it.

Make your voice heard! Allow yourself to be angry; there’s enough nonsense going out there! We need to stop this madness.

by @kusma

Open Source and AI

More and more frequently, I get asked about my stance on AI in the context of programming. This is my attempt to summarize my stance for those who wonder.

Erik “kusma” Faye-Lund
@Khrys @kusma I've rekindled my love of C++ and I am doing some creative coding with Openframework, which is bitching cool. And these things can't do that. Sure they can give you Fortune's algorithm for a Voronoi diagram, but they can't tell you how to make it look like a layer of plant cells. They can't create new code. They have to rely on what's already out there. And that brute human creativity and curiosity is going to be what keeps you and me employed, and what pops the AI boil.