Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
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Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#2I hope it works out better than Microsoft and using it on Windows 11...
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#3I hope it works out better than Microsoft and using it on Windows 11...
Do we know that Windows 11 has suffered due to the use of genAI or is that just a random snipe?
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#4I followed the discussion on debian-vote with interest. I'm glad that the hysterical objections lost, as they seemed quasi-religiously motivated.
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#5I hope it works out better than Microsoft and using it on Windows 11...
Source?
The rumor is the opposite, that Microsoft has actually used AI to discover and fix common security issues at scale.
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#6New policy boils down to "AI or not, it's still your code and you're responsible for it". I can get on board with that.
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#7Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#8I hope it works out better than Microsoft and using it on Windows 11...
Do we know that Windows 11 has suffered due to the use of genAI or is that just a random snipe?
Either they're using GenAI or the entire team collectively lost their minds and started getting a huge number of colossally bad ideas about fundamental primitives of Windows that hadn't changed for decades. Backwards compatibility used to be the major concern and now it feels like they didn't even know what would break ahead of time. If that doesn't feel like GenAI then I don't know what does
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#9What does "Responsible" even mean...
This will turn to shit because laziness will take over and comprehension will fall as a consequence of that. Junior will "contribute" and the seniors will eventually become too lazy to care. What's next... vibecoding airline ADA code. Save me lord jesus christ.
Re: Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
#10New policy boils down to "AI or not, it's still your code and you're responsible for it". I can get on board with that.
Debian is open source, there is no incentive to be "responsible for it", oh poor me, someone got a bug. If it's paid for through a job your argument is sound.