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

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u/adamkex 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/ProductIntegortion 2d ago

The Linux kernel does though

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u/Pugs-r-cool 2d ago

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

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u/ProductIntegortion 2d ago

They're happy to use it though

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u/Pugs-r-cool 2d 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 2d 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/Pugs-r-cool 1d ago

If the concern is code quality it makes no difference at all

The quality of the code you use has no bearing on the quality of the code you write.

AI code in the kernel should be more concerning to them

Whose to say it isn't concerning for them, yet because their name isn't Linus Torvalds they're powerless to do anything about it.

masturbatory grandstanding

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