cm0002

Flood of AI 'gаrbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit

https://suppo.fi/post/12627322

Jun 6 at 1:36pmWeb
Show threadshiroininjaJun 6
I heard one maintainer said it was costing them extra time to sift through the hundreds of garbage pull requests they’ve become flooded with, and when they try to discuss the pull with its writer, they can’t because it’s very obvious they have no idea what they’re doing.
Show threadapfelwoiSchoppenJun 6
One large part of why I can’t wait for the bubble to pop.
Show threadonlinepersonaJun 6
Move to codeberg. Sanity by obscurity. Only the really devoted go to codeberg for now.
Show threadSludgehammerJun 6
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Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit

New Scientist
Show threadRimuJun 7

Recently AI was weaponized against the fediverse when someone intentionally published a big AI generated security report about a popular fedi platform. Not a PR that might be useful, just a huge pile of allegations. The author is a professional developer so they knew what they were doing and how much urgent work that would create.

Bit of a dick move.

Then they had the gall to opine at length about what AI means for open source and how foss projects will need to change their ways.

Such a douche.

Show threadOS-SCIJun 7
@rimu @cm0002 it will cost us extra time, probably lots of. But the dark side is not investing the same way. Which will lead to an even greater difference in code quality.