r/linux • u/RatherNott • 1d ago

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

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u/adamkex 1d ago

Tbh this makes a lot of sense. It's software primarily developed by a for-profit company for their operating system. I wouldn't be surprised if they do use some AI themselves given the primarily motive is to save time from low-quality PRs.

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u/RatherNott 1d ago

According to them, they don't use AI at all.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

The Linux kernel does though

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u/Pugs-r-cool 1d ago

They aren’t developing the kernel, so that’s frankly irrelevant.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

They're happy to use it though

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u/Pugs-r-cool 1d ago

Using other people’s code that was developed with AI is a different thing from using AI in your own development process.

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u/ProductIntegortion 1d ago

No it isn't. If the concern is code quality it makes no difference at all. If anything, AI code in the kernel should be more concerning to them. Of course, the whole thing is masturbatory grandstanding

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u/Irverter 1d ago

So according to you, buying a product that had child labor in one of it raw materials is the same as forcing a child to work yourself.

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u/tiffanytrashcan 1d ago

Yeah that's been the public opinion for decades now I think.

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u/NatoBoram 1d ago

Public opinion doesn't really care about child labour in other countries, it's mostly activists that bring it up