On 2025-11-04 15:10, Murch wrote:
Summary of changes since BIP 3 was advanced to Proposed:
[...]
- that BIPs submissions may not be generated by AI/LLM⁵
[...]
⁵ https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2006
I strongly disagree with this change. If I were to begin working on a
new BIP today, I would use AI throughout the process. I'd ask it to
help me create a todo list of what should go in the BIP; I'd ask it to
create a draft based on existing BIPs, my todo list, and whatever other
work products I had (e.g. prototypes); I'd then ask it to help me refine
the document until I was satisfied.
I would, of course, review every word of the draft BIP before submitting
it for consideration and ensure that it represented the highest quality
work I was able to produce---but the ultimate work would be a mix of AI
and human writing and editing.
I think considerate use of AI would be even more valuable for people who
are less comfortable with writing technical English-language documents
than I am. For example, non-native literates, people with disabilities
that make text input difficulty, and those who recognize that they're
bad writers.
The PR forbidding AI doesn't go into any detail about its motivation,
although it references a previous discussion[1] where a low-quality BIP
PR was opened using mostly AI-generated content. I'm guessing the
motivation is that AI (by itself) generates low-quality technical
content, BIPs should be high-quality technical content, and therefore we
should ban the use of AI.
However, as mentioned in the previous discussion, the BIP process
already requires high-quality content.[2] AI-generated content can be
high-quality, especially if its creation and editing was guided by a
knowledgeable human. Banning specific tools like AI seems redundant and
penalizes people who either need those tools or who can use them
effectively.
I advocate for reverting the first hunk of BIPs repository PR 2006.
-Dave
[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2005
[2] "After fleshing out the proposal further and ensuring that it is of
**high quality** and properly formatted, the authors should open a pull
request to the BIPs repository." --BIP3, emphasis added
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