> In other words, explicitly forbid people from using ChatGPT, Bard, GitHub Copilot, and so on, to create ebuilds, code, documentation, messages, bug reports and so on for use in Gentoo.
Maybe a naive question but, how will they know?
Maybe a naive question but, how will they know?
There's no implication in what I wrote that this is the case. The fact is that weeding out the crap is a tedious and difficult job, and maintainers (especially volunteer ones) don't deserve the extra burden brought by automated crap generation.
> It will push out good contributors who use AI responsibly...
My entire comment, which is just one sentence long, explains why this will not be the case.
>... and presumably make zero effect on people just wanting to abuse AI to get a patch into Gentoo.
That's not everybody (or if it is, Gentoo is screwed anyway, which does not mean it's not worth trying to stop it happening.)
These points have been made by multiple people in these comments over the last few hours.
When it is discovered that your submission is AI generated, it is enough reason to discard the submission without having to review it any further.
Many open communities do the same.
If not depending on AI tools then depending on a... hunch? So like a modern-era witch hunting?
There's a bit of a "intro paragraph, five numbered list items, concluding paragraph" style format that you start to notice pretty quickly.