Fedora Approves AI-Assisted Contributions
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- News link: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/10/23/2138252/fedora-approves-ai-assisted-contributions
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> AI-assisted code contributions can be used but the contributor must take responsibility for that contribution, it must be transparent in disclosing the use of AI such as with the "Assisted-by" tag, and that AI can help in assisting human reviewers/evaluation but must not be the sole or final arbiter. This AI policy also doesn't cover large-scale initiatives which will need to be handled individually with the Fedora Council. [...] The Fedora Council does expect that this policy will need to be updated over time for staying current with AI technologies.
[1] https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/council-policy-proposal-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/165092/242
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Allows-AI-Contributions
Time to find another distro... (Score:4)
After being with Fedora from the beginning this might be a moment to switch distro...
This is whole new level of risks - starting from legal ones to LLM-poisoning...
Re: (Score:3)
How are they supposed to detect whether AI was used or not? This is pretty much a forced move. The key part is that the developer still has full responsibility.
How Does One Avoid AI Assistance? (Score:2)
Even if you just search for documentation or help with errors, aren't you going to get AI assistance whether you want it or not?
This is a sensible policy (Score:3)
> AI-assisted code contributions can be used but the contributor must take responsibility for that contribution.
> IDE-assisted code contributions can be used but the contributor must take responsibility for that contribution.
> Nail-guns can be used but the operator must take responsibility for that fastener.
> Targeting sights can be used but the operator must take responsibility for that shot.
> Circular saws can be used but the operator must take responsibility for that cut.
These are all equivalent statements. Make the operator responsible for their contribution, regardless of what tool is used. Good contributors will use tools that are effective. Ineffective tools will either improve, or be discarded. The standards do not change if the contributor used an IDE, or a static analysis tool, or an AI, or a fuzzer, or StackOverflow, or their best friend, or 1000 monkeys at 1000 keyboards.
Who? What? (Score:1)
Who or what is Fedora and the Fedora Council?
Re: (Score:2)
> Who or what is Fedora and the Fedora Council?
[1]https://youtu.be/QstPMc7_HcM [youtu.be]
I heard Linus was Colonel Sanders for Halloween often as a child. Coincidence?
[1] https://youtu.be/QstPMc7_HcM