On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 at 15:21, Kenton Groombridge <conc...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On 24/02/27 03:45PM, Michał Górny wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Given the recent spread of the "AI" bubble, I think we really need to > > look into formally addressing the related concerns. In my opinion, > > at this point the only reasonable course of action would be to safely > > ban "AI"-backed contribution entirely. In other words, explicitly > > forbid people from using ChatGPT, Bard, GitHub Copilot, and so on, to > > create ebuilds, code, documentation, messages, bug reports and so on for > > use in Gentoo. > > > > Just to be clear, I'm talking about our "original" content. We can't do > > much about upstream projects using it. > > > > > > Rationale: > > > > 1. Copyright concerns. At this point, the copyright situation around > > generated content is still unclear. What's pretty clear is that pretty > > much all LLMs are trained on huge corpora of copyrighted material, and > > all fancy "AI" companies don't give shit about copyright violations. > > In particular, there's a good risk that these tools would yield stuff we > > can't legally use. > > > > 2. Quality concerns. LLMs are really great at generating plausibly > > looking bullshit. I suppose they can provide good assistance if you are > > careful enough, but we can't really rely on all our contributors being > > aware of the risks. > > > > 3. Ethical concerns. As pointed out above, the "AI" corporations don't > > give shit about copyright, and don't give shit about people. The AI > > bubble is causing huge energy waste. It is giving a great excuse for > > layoffs and increasing exploitation of IT workers. It is driving > > enshittification of the Internet, it is empowering all kinds of spam > > and scam. > > > > > > Gentoo has always stood out as something different, something that > > worked for people for whom mainstream distros were lacking. I think > > adding "made by real people" to the list of our advantages would be > > a good thing — but we need to have policies in place, to make sure shit > > doesn't flow in. > > > > Compare with the shitstorm at: > > https://github.com/pkgxdev/pantry/issues/5358 > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Michał Górny > > > > I completely agree. > > Your rationale hits the most important concerns I have about these > technologies in open source. There is a significant opportunity for > Gentoo to set the example here. > > -- > Kenton Groombridge > Gentoo Linux Developer, SELinux Project
A thousand times yes.
