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Debian votes to allow 'responsible use of generative AI' (lwn.net)
submitted 3 days ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm not mad at the decision in the least, I'd just be curious to see what "responsible use" translates to, and how it's enforced.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 55 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"The Debian Project nevertheless expects that all contributions submitted to Debian, regardless of how and with which tools they were produced, satisfy the same standards of quality, correctness, maintainability, and legal compliance. The use of a generative AI tool does not diminish the contributor's responsibility for the work they submit. Contributors are expected to understand, review, test, and, where appropriate, modify AI-assisted output before incorporating it into Debian. "

Basically, however it was written, you're still responsible for it.

[–] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 25 points 3 days ago (2 children)

And that's the only thing that is actually relevant. Using AI tools does not absolve of any responsibility, regardless of area. Speaking of which, why isn't Huggingface suing OpenAI into oblivion? I've slowly come to the conclusion that this "hack" was a PR-stunt to allow OpenAI to pause training without having to admit that they had to stop anyways because they run out of cash.

[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every story you read about how their AI is “so powerful it’s scary” or where they characterize the AI as “going rogue” or some other dumb shit like that is manufactured in an attempt to impress investors

[–] TrippaSnippa@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago

See all the copycat "oh our AI went rogue too" announcements after OpenAI did it.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well HuggingFace won’t sue them now because they’re owned by Nvidia

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

So basically like how the Linux kernel project does it. That's fair.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, what's with the rational thinking! We're supposed to hate Debian now because any approach that isn't zero-tolerance to AI is evil. Security will escort you out now.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Aw man I had my pitchfork and everything

[–] Sturgist@piefed.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fuck....I was all set to dropship bulk pitchforks and torches ....wtffffffffff

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

I can ship fuel for torches