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As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

For me, if a PR looks good, and I can reach out to the contributor and they can competently discuss their work, then its fine with me if they used AI to code it.

I think a sensible policy would be: use whatever tools you like to contribute, but own the contribution. Obvious slop code is rejected.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    I agree as far as responding to questions and issues that arise from the contribution but my understanding is that from a legal, copyright perspective, if AI generated the code then the contributor can't own the copyright, nor assign it. So my preference would be: no AI generated code. Other use of AI tools (e.g. finding vulnerabilities) might be OK but there are still the environmental and ethical issues to be concerned with, so I remain ambivalent. It will be interesting to see the decision of the Debian community.

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