It's interesting because you can see it as both a very conservative approach and a high risk stance which don't seem like common bedfellows. If you acknowledge

It's interesting because you can see it as both a very conservative approach and a high risk stance which don't seem like common bedfellows. If you acknowledge up front that AI is unfit for purpose and is very likely to introduce some serious security problems then it seems wise. When it turns out the LLM models have all been compromised to insert backdoors into the compiler toolchain, you win by being the last distro left standing. You could look at it as a very high risk strategy for the same reason, if you think you'll be "left behind". Either way who dares wins (or dies). Dare to go against the mob, or dare to bet the farm on a principle. AFAIK Gentoo is one of the more conservative communities. But I'd also expect to see this policy being considered in BSD circles too.