Debian Decides Contributors Can Use Generative AI Responsibly

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  • The problem with that is that most people writing code do not have a good idea what is all required on a more abstract level.
  • I don't think this problem is new due to AI.
  • You need to know what you want with AI (frontier models may help a bit more with that) and also without AI.
  • The intern who can code needs guidance what to code just like the AI.
  • If you stop coding today and only guide AI you will still be able to produce good code.
This week Debian voted on whether to ban AIassisted contributions. The winning proposal?

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