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Should /c/opensource allow AI / slop-coded project posts, or remove them? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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We've been getting a lot of AI coded submissions recently, as well as lots of reports asking to remove them.

Should we remove these posts, or not?

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[–] -2 points 1 day ago (8 children)

You are just adding your oss preferences to open source here. I too have preferences, like no corp oss, no ads, no logins, no telemetry and so on, but i have to accept oss as oss more broadly.

I would recommend that you set your agent to filter out posts you don't want, but you would likely rather censor this sub than automate it with an agent..

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    You're missing the point he's trying to make IMO. He's questioning if software can be categorized as open source, if it is coded by closed source LLMs, that in turn only aquired their database by stealing someone elses intellectual property. It's a valid question. OSS is more than just "I can see and fork the code".

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  • [–] -3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    But humans do basically the same thing and their brains aren't open source either

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago* (1 child)

    I truly meant it as a debatable question. If LLMs didn't have massive proven negative ecological and societal impacts, I'm not sure which way I would lean. Since they do, I have a clear personal opinion. But it's just that. My opinion.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago*

    Humans also have massive negative ecological and societal impacts depending on the person/society. I don't see how whether a human or LLM writes code changes how open source it is.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Posts must be relevant to the open source ideology

    Did you not read the full rule?

    How can something that is inherently closed sourced be in line with that rule?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago*

    I’ll tug on that thread… so can we not use Windows or macOS to develop OSS code on? It has to be on a Linux machine? What if the BIOS is closed source or it’s using binary blobs for the video drivers?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    I would recommend that you set your agent to filter out posts you don't want

    Just to be clear, do you mean that the user's user agent (lemmy client) should be capable of filtering out posts about vibecoded slop, perhaps by having lemmy communities require such posts to be tagged? Or do you mean that a LLM should curate what users see here?

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