Re: [PATCH v2] docs/devel: relax policy on AI-generated contributions

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 03:06:54PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 5/29/26 13:52, Alex Bennée wrote:
> > > -  **Current QEMU project policy is to DECLINE any contributions which are
> > > -  believed to include or derive from AI generated content. This includes
> > > -  ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Llama and similar tools.**
> > > +   Please read the below policy before using AI to contribute code or
> > > +   documentation to QEMU.  This applies to ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot,
> > > +   Llama, and similar tools.**
> > 
> > Stray **, also extra space after QEMU.
> 
> Will fix the stars (extra space is intentional, though it shows my age. I
> still find that it reads better on monospace fonts to have two spaces at the
> end of the sentence).
> 
> > > +**Mechanical changes**
> > > +  If you can use a deterministic tool, it is preferred that you use
> > 
> > deterministic tool or script,?
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > In my v2 I added:
> > 
> >    AI tools **should not be used to write commit messages**. The act of
> >    summarising and explaining the reasoning for the changes is an
> >    important demonstration of the human authors understanding of the
> >    commit.
> 
> While I didn't include this, v2 links to the "how to write a commit message"
> paragraph elsewhere in the documentation.  I don't want it to look like
> people can't even ask for copy-editing of commit messages.
> Paolo


And maybe "It is ok to ask an AI tool to correct grammar and spelling in
your text, as long as you are not asking it to write it".