The results of the Debian general-resolution vote on the use of large language models have been [...]
  • Ashrakal@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    AI is an effective tool if used correctly. It doesn’t replace thinking, so handle it with care.

    Nobody sane would keep bashing a table with a hammer expecting different results than the table breaking under pressure at some point.

  • arran 🇦🇺@aussie.zoneEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    Pushing as much of the costs of generated AI onto the contributor is 100% the right way to do this. There has been a substantial shift towards generated code. Which might be temporary depending on your belief system but we are in the world we are in right now.

    Contributors using LLMs should have a burden of proof higher than that of traditional contributors. This includes tests, recordings, proofs, discussion, etc.

  • zbyte64English
    32·
    2 days ago

    Talk about a loss for all those who voted for irresponsible use of AI /s

  • Siegfried@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    3 days ago

    I really had hope on proposal A to be taken… i have faith in debian devs judgement and proposal B feels closer to “keep the door open” than to embrace it.

    A sad day anyway.

    • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I was pretty militant about it before, but the horse is out of the barn and no amount of head-in-sand will make it go away.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        4·
        2 days ago

        That’s how I see it too. Look, it’s here, at the very minimum it’s going to be around for a while, and while you don’t have to personally use it, every company hiring is going to expect you to use it. It’s on you to decide how much and to what extent.

        Burying heads in the sand and pounding fists isn’t going to close Pandoras box. All it will do is make you personally less employable.

        So find a way to use it in a way that works for you, and importantly learn what it’s not good at, because boy howdy are there things it isn’t good at. Then you can advocate for or against it with the knowledge, and hopefully keep your job too.

    • zbyte64English
      7·
      3 days ago

      Maybe we can’t but climate change could.