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Exactly, you can use it for some tasks. But why "explicitly forbid generative AI". If you use AI to make repetitive tasks less repetitive, and clean up any LLM
by crimsonnoodle58 8mo ago
Exactly, you can use it for some tasks. But why "explicitly forbid generative AI".
If you use AI to make repetitive tasks less repetitive, and clean up any LLM-ness afterwards, would they notice or care?
I find blanket bans inhibitive, and reeks of fear of change, rather than a real substantive stance.
- jonathrg 8mo agoThey explain why in their AI policy. It's an ethical stance. Of course they wouldn't notice if there aren't clear signs of LLM-ness, but that's not the main reason why they forbid it. https://docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and-processes/development/ai-policy.html https://docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and-processes/develop...
- crimsonnoodle58 8mo agoThanks for the clarification. Not that I agree with their stance (the exact same could have been said at the start of the industrial revolution) but I respect it nonetheless.
- coldpie 8mo ago> the exact same could have been said at the start of the industrial revolution The pollution caused by said revolution is currently putting humanity at a serious risk of world war and maybe even extinction so... maybe they had a point? I'm not taking a strong stance either way here, but worth thinking about the downsides from the industrial revolution, too.
- jsheard 8mo ago> But why "explicitly forbid generative AI". The AI policy linked from the OP explains why. It's half not wanting to deal with slop, and half ethical concerns which still apply when it's used judiciously.
- zozbot234 8mo ago> and clean up any LLM-ness afterwards That never happens. It's actually easier to write the code from scratch and avoid LLMness altogether.
- UqWBcuFx6NV4r 8mo ago[flagged]
- zozbot234 8mo agoThe skill of cleaning up LLM-written slop to bring it to the human-like quality that any sane FLOSS maintainer would demand to begin with? It's just not worth it.
- trollbridge 8mo agoThere are lots of tools that aren’t worthwhile to learn to use, and in particularly learning to use poor quality output of subpar tools is not something I’m interested in learning.