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Pop!_OS bans AI-generated code from much of its codebase

116 points · 167 comments · bundie

  1. zzzeek · · focus · HN ↗
    banning AI from PRs because you're swamped with too many low quality PRs, definitely. We pretty much are doing this with SQLAlchemy. If I'm going to have a small fix or improvement coded by an LLM (which I do all the time), I want to prompt the LLM directly, rather than having someone trying to pad their resume forward my communications onto their LLM via PRs. What's the point of that?
    1. api · · focus · HN ↗
      Maybe the policy should be: no AI PRs except from established contributors who have been vetted?

      So basically you're saying you reject drive-by PRs.

      1. whateveracct · · focus · HN ↗
        drive-by PRs that are handwritten are presumably okay
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