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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 10/14/25 5:59 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > Hi Collin, > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 02:39:19PM -0700, Collin Funk wrote: >>> So far, I haven't noticed any contributors using AI. Probably, the >>> combination of relatively few people contributing documentation, >>> combined with still working on a mailing list, has helped us avoid the >>> wave of AI contributions. >>> >>> However, it's better to take preventive measures. AI is entirely banned >>> in this project. The guidelines are clear and concise. >> >> It might be good to provide a sentence or two of reasoning, to avoid >> repeated questions on the list. >> >> My main concern with accepting AI contributions is the current lack of >> legislation and case law in the United States with respect to the >> copyright-ability of the output. I also don't trust AI answers much, but >> that theoretically could change in the future as technology improves (or >> less people blindly trust the output). > > I have many concerns, including copyright, licensing, quality, and also > harm to the environment. I posted this patch to the mailing list so > that we have a resource to point to for complete discussion, instead of > just including a sentence or two, which would necessarily be incomplete. > > I might include a note saying something like > > if you believe your use of AI is necessary for a major reason, > please disclose it and ask for an exception > > for covering some cases where health is involved (such as what Carlos > mentioned). Requiring such disclosure of health issues may be illegal and discriminatory in many jurisdictions. I urge caution here and recommend we not go in that direction. -- Cheers, Carlos.