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Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage

391 points · 454 comments · lladnar

minimaxir · 1785957302 · focus · HN ↗
I'm particularly annoyed with the complaint in the linked thread about the agentic-developed chess engine.
> Moreover, you are giving absolutely nothing back to the community, which is central to open-source engine dev. You are only taking.
What would that user prefer? That the developer push a PR upstream...that presumably would be shot down and the user subject to further harrassment because it would be LLM derived at minimum? It seems like a catch-22 where the only winning move is not to play.
That thread also highlights the overlap between "people who are against LLM usage for coding" and "people who are very particular about AGPL."
1. zapataband1 · 1785958436 · focus · HN ↗
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  1. minimaxir · 1785958591 · focus · HN ↗
    This repo is all "stolen code regurgitated by an LLM" so that is an impossible task and therefore makes the request performative.
    anematode · 1785960897 · focus · HN ↗
    My implicit request, which I should have made clearer, was for him to delete (or make private) the repository and move on to greater ideals.
    KingMob · 1785992950 · focus · HN ↗
    Why not request that the public chess boards/lists/ranking sites disqualify coda, or break it out into an AI-allowed/only category?
    That's both more honest, and probably more fruitful.
    boomlinde · 1785997757 · focus · HN ↗
    > That's both more honest
    In what way is it more honest?

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