Re: [PATCH] CONTRIBUTING.d/ai: Add guidelines banning AI for contributing

[Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>]

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Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
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> Hi!
>
> I've already been DDoSed in my own home server by AI crawlers (which is
> the reason I decided to move the HTTPS server to port 80, just to break
> links and stop the madness.  I could install Anubis, but I'll resist for
> some time.
>
> 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).

Collin

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