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    > It's no wonder OSS is tending to ban AI contributions - they don't have trust and reputation to fall back on as a heuristic.

Have you heard about Linus Torvald's opinion about using AI/LLMs for Linux kernel patches? He seems quite open-minded about it. Roughly: "It is a useful tool."

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Yes I think his stance works well for established contributors who have a reputation. For infrequent contributors, with no rep, it's a large liability to try to figure out if their plausible-at-a-glance work is actually slop. Such a liability with uncertain ROI hence the sentiment in OSS frequently banning or at least heavily policing AI usage

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