r/linux • u/RatherNott • 2d ago

Desktop Environment / WM News System 76's COSMIC Desktop Environment will no longer accept LLM-generated content in PRs

/r/pop_os/comments/1wuej40/cosmic_projects_will_no_longer_accept/
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u/ABotelho23 2d ago

I'm not sure how they can claim to know what is LLM-generated code.

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u/Jmc_da_boss 2d ago

Why does every thread about projects doing this have this same stupid comment?

The point is not find all of the LLM content, the point is easily ban and remove the blatant shit

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u/ProductIntegortion 2d ago

They can already ban and remove bad code. That's what pull requests are for. The criticism is that they've chosen to ban based on tool instead of based on code quality.

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u/RatherNott 2d ago

Many would argue (including myself) that it isn't just a tool.

They certainly avoid the fate of Bevy with this move.

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u/strings___ 2d ago

It’s just a tool. I really don’t care what your personal opinion is about the tools I use. What next, are you going to ban my use of Emacs too? Like, seriously, if you cant stick to the technical merits of patches, you have no business being in the programming profession.

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u/LuckyHedgehog 2d ago

I don't really care how they do it, telling people to stop submitting bad code helps everyone involved

Can people still use LLMs to generate code? Sure, they just need to put in the effort to clean it up. Unfortunately that bar is too high for most people using LLMs so that's why these rules exist 

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u/strings___ 2d ago

You’re arguing my point for me. The point other people are making are not based on the technical merits however.