This is an incredibly unwelcoming proposition. 

AI proponents have fought on this ML vehemently for their right to not be 
discriminated against, which has lead to a rather favorable GHC AI policy. 
Their arguments have been heard and acknowledged. 

For those who are skeptics, either in terms of generative AI or AI as a whole, 
there must still be a way to contribute and be taken seriously.

I'm also a bit surprised you're succumbing to the "you're going to be left 
behind" narrative. I wonder what it will do to our community or society if that 
is the main driver of our decisions. 

GHC isn't run by anthropic and while it does rely on funding, the project is 
free to make whatever decision it deems necessary to ensure its long-term 
health.

There's plenty of people and projects (including compilers) that have decided 
that AI is unhealthy for them. Those are valid decisions and it's not helpful 
to belittle them as tech luddites.

I find it exciting that GHC is trying to find a delicate balance between those 
groups. But it should start with mutual respect.

Cheers,
Julian


On October 21, 2026 8:12:57 AM UTC, Mikolaj Konarski via ghc-devs 
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Basically the same sentiment "machine output is raw data, log, sloppy
>> > outline" from mathematicians talking about LLM-generated proofs and
>> > how to embrace the slop there: […]
>>
>> Why should one embrace slop if one can just avoid it?
>
>Well, good luck sending a proof of a theorem to a conference,
>when this theorem has already been proved, in Lean, by AI.
>However, if the conference embraces the slop and accepts
>papers that treat the AI-generated proof only as raw data but
>explain the proof to humans, propose how to make the proof
>more beautiful, what next questions to ask in the domain,
>what theories to build thanks to the new insights stemming
>from the AI proof, etc., then you don't need a time machine
>or an Amish village to survive as a mathematician in the long run.
>
>The link again, because I'm mostly repeating its lines:
>https://youtu.be/LKrwhjOI8Nc?si=-qI0GbJo0rTSSWTW&t=1391
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