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Yeah, I guess if I was him, I would just close issues silently and ban the person who created them, if possible. I don't think I could be as nice as he is.
by zelphirkalt 1y ago
Yeah, I guess if I was him, I would just close issues silently and ban the person who created them, if possible. I don't think I could be as nice as he is.
- joz1-k 1y agoThe problem is that AI can generate answers and code that look relevant and as if they were written by someone very competent. Since AI can generate a huge amount of code in a short time, it's difficult for the human brain to analyze it all and determine whether it's useful or just BS. And the worst case is when AI generates great code with a tiny, hard-to-discover catch that takes hours to spot and understand.
- zelphirkalt 1y agoTrue, that is in some cases a problem. Though in this case it was pretty clear cut. At least the obvious time wasters would get the treatment.
- ares623 1y agoImagine the headline if a slop security report ends up real but the maintainer ignored it. It’s a lose-lose situation for the maintainers
- xnickb 1y agoThankfully in this case it's a curl vulnerability that doesn't use curl in the reproducer. That's a fairly safe call.
- palmotea 1y ago> Yeah, I guess if I was him, I would just close issues silently and ban the person who created them, if possible. I don't think I could be as nice as he is. I think the shaming the use of LLMs to do stuff like this is a valuable public service.