Banning LLM-generated or assisted contributions to the GNU C Library

[Collin Funk]

Hi Andreas,

"Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@gentoo.org> writes:

> some time ago Gentoo Linux debated and decided an "AI Policy" [1]. Its verbatim text
> is 
>
>> It is expressly forbidden to contribute to Gentoo any content that has been created with the 
>> assistance of Natural Language Processing artificial intelligence tools. This motion can be 
>> revisited, should a case been made over such a tool that does not pose copyright, ethical and 
>> quality concerns.
>
> I would like to propose that the GNU C Library adopts a similar policy.
>
> While I see the point of all rationales given in the Gentoo decision [1], my personal
> main drive is quality control and responsibility.
>
> We are not talking about programming a mobile phone tower defense game here.
> We are however talking about code that is used in millions of devices worldwide in
> mission-critical and security-critical applications.
>
> And for programming that, AI technology is not ready yet.
>
> The GNU C Library would not be the second or third project to adopt such a policy [2,3]
> (or should adopt one [4]).
>
> This is probably a topic that should be discussed at the Cauldron in Porto.

Just wanted to voice my agreement with this change, at least in
principle. We can discuss the specifics of a policy later down the line
once we have received others thoughts. Obviously, we should give time to
others to consider this and voice their disagreement, if any.

On the point of quality control, my experience is that AI slop and
hallucinations are far too common. And it is too easy to trust the
output without verifying it yourself.

But also, at least in the US, there is zero legislation (that I know of)
governing the copyright-ability of generated work. There also seems to
be zero political will to change that.

Collin